Legal Opinion

State v. Soloman

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 11, 2009No. 2D08-1250Published

1Opinion of the Court

WHATLEY, Judge.

The State of Florida appeals an order granting Jesse Soloman’s motion to suppress statements Soloman gave to police. The trial court suppressed the statements after finding that Soloman was not given adequate Miranda1 warnings; specifically, the trial court found that Soloman was not informed that he had the right to the presence of an attorney during questioning. Although we agree that the Miranda warnings given to Soloman were inadequate based on State v. Powell, 998 So.2d 581 (Fla.2008), the record indicates that the trial court never addressed whether Soloman was in custody…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. California v. BehelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Ramirez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  4. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  5. Meredith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007

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