Rodriguez v. State

HENDRY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter following a non-jury trial upon an information charging him with first degree murder. He was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary. This appeal is treated as a direct appeal from a judgment of conviction through the procedural device of habeas corpus. Baggett v. Wainwright, Fla.1969, 229 So.2d 239.

The appellant argues that two statements which he made to the police following his arrest should have been suppressed by the trial judge. He contends that he was not adequately advised of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel under…