Legal Opinion
Benson v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 13, 1997No. 96-1183PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
698 So.2d 333 (1997)
Tony BENSON, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 96-1183.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
August 13, 1997.
Clifford H. Barnes, Fort Pierce, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patricia Ann Ash, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
PARIENTE, Judge.
The issue we address in this appeal is one of first impression in Florida: whether an exception to the Miranda[1] rule may arise where a suspect is questioned by police in order to address a life-threatening medical emergency. The question in this…
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