State v. Skyles

We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of great public importance:

DO THE PRINCIPLES ANNOUNCED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN DAVIS [v. UNITED STATES, 512 U.S. 452, 114 S.Ct. 2350, 129 L.Ed.2d 362 (1994)], APPLY TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF CONFESSIONS IN FLORIDA, IN LIGHT OF TRAYLOR [v. STATE, 596 So.2d 957 (Fla.1992)]?

Skyles v. State, 670 So.2d 1084, 1086 (Fla. DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

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In State v. Owen, 696 So.2d 715 (Fla.1997), we answered the identical question in the affirmative. Accordingly, we do so here and…