Legal Opinion
B.S. v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 12, 1989No. Nos. 88-474, 88-475PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
B.S., a seventeen-year-old girl, appeals from a delinquency adjudication based upon two thefts from her employer. We reverse upon the conclusion that her police station confession was improperly admitted as the product of a non-consensual confinement rather than, as the lower court held, a voluntary agreement to accompany the officers to the station.
Since the trial judge agreed with the state in denying B.S.’s motion to suppress the confession, we view the record in the light most favorable to its position. See McNamara v. State, 357 So.2d 410 (Fla.1978).1 So considered,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by16 opinions
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