Coleman v. State

SPECTOR, Judge.

By this belated appeal, appellant seeks reversal of his conviction and sentence of twenty years imposed upon being found guilty of robbery of a liquor store.

Although the public defender was appointed to represent appellant, he declined such assistance of counsel and elected to represent himself at the trial.

The sole point raised for our consideration is appellant’s contention that his rights were violated when his confession was determined to be voluntary by the court in the presence of the jury. The contention is without merit so we must affirm.

We held in Brown v. State, Fla.…