Webster v. State

Appellant was convicted of second degree murder after a jury trial and sentenced to confinement in the state prison for 75 years. He has filed a motion for relief pursuant to CrPR 1.850, 33 F.S.A. This appeal is from the denial of the motion without an evidentiary hearing.

The ground for relief alleged by the appellant was that his confession which was admitted into evidence, was illegally obtained by psychological coercion. This court ordered the filing in this court of the record and transcript of testimony at the trial pertaining to the admissibility of the confession. We have carefully…