Basten v. State

DANAHY, Judge.

Tomas Basten was indicted by the grand jury for first degree murder and robbery. Basten pleaded nolo contendere reserving the right to appeal the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress his confession. Pursuant to agreement, the trial court accepted his plea and adjudicated Basten guilty of both charges and sentenced him to concurrent terms of life imprisonment.

Basten recognizes that the Florida Supreme Court in Brown v. State, 376 So.2d 382 (Fla.1979) (filed after Basten entered his plea), held that a confession is not dis-positive as a matter of law and, therefore, that the…