Cookston v. State

HARRIS, Chief Judge.

We find that the record supports the trial judge’s conclusion that Cookston’s confession was voluntarily and knowingly given; we therefore affirm Cookston’s convictions. We also agree that the judge properly rejected youthful offender treatment for Cookston who was convicted of second degree murder, an offense authorizing a sentence for a term of years not exceeding life. Duke v. State, 541 So.2d 1170 (Fla.1989); Tomlinson v. State, 589 So.2d 362 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), rev. denied, 599 So.2d 1281 (Fla.1992).

Cookston also urges that we should reverse his “departure” sentence…