Monroe v. State

Two issues have been raised in this appeal from a first-degree murder conviction. The first involves evidence of a confession by testimony from a minister. The second concerns whether the murder was committed in Broward County rather than Palm Beach County where the case was tried.

As to the clergy testimony, the minister testified that he warned defendant several times that he would not treat anything incriminating as confidential. Having been asked by defendant to accompany him to the police station for questioning, he testified that he warned defendant against disclosing anything that “was…