State v. Van Hook

Appellant asserts as his first proposition of law that the trial court failed to suppress the con*258fession given by appellant to Cincinnati homicide detective William Davis. The confession was made while appellant was in the custody of the Broward County Sheriff’s office in Ft. Lauder-dale, Florida, awaiting extradition to Cincinnati. Actually, the Ft. Lauder-dale police had sought appellant for some time in their area. This was upon the recommendation of Detective Davis, who had received information through telephone calls from appellant’s family.

On the morning of April 1, 1985, appellant was…