Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 26, 2008No. 2D06-911PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
976 So.2d 1197 (2008)
Richard WILLIAMS, Jr., Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D06-911.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
March 26, 2008.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Judith Ellis, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy A. Freeland, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
VILLANTI, Judge.
Richard Williams appeals his conviction for second-degree murder. We affirm but write to explain why the admission of Williams' "confession" was harmless error in this case.
On the evening of May…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
- Caso v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
- Cuervo v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
- Powell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
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