Rice v. State

LEHAN, Judge.

We reverse defendant’s conviction. The issue of the voluntariness of defendant’s confession was addressed by the trial court at the hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress the confession. But it is not unmistakably clear from the record that the trial judge’s denial of the motion to suppress was predicated upon his conclusion that the confession was voluntary. Peterson v. State, 372 So.2d-1017, 1021 (Fla.2d DCA 1979), aff'd, 382 So.2d 701 (Fla.1980).

The procedure to be followed by a trial court in this type of situation is stated by the Florida Supreme Court in Peterson as…