State v. Coleman

This is an appeal by the State of Florida challenging the trial court’s order suppressing incriminating statements made by the defendant below, Scott Coleman. We reverse.

*583In granting suppression, the trial court found that the Miranda1 warning read to Coleman was defective under State v. Powell, 998 So.2d 531 (Fla.2008), since it did not specifically advise Coleman that he had the right to speak with an attorney during police questioning. However, some months after the trial court’s decision in this case, the United States Supreme Court reversed the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in Powell.…