State v. Zecckine

The State brings this interlocutory appeal from the circuit court’s order granting Appellee Edward Zecckine’s motion to suppress all self-incriminating statements made by Appellee to a jailmate, Kenneth Groves. We have jurisdiction over this type of appeal pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(c)(1)(B); see State v. Stanley, 754 So.2d 869, 870 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). While conceding that some evidence in the record demonstrates that Groves became a “government agent” on or after November 27, 2000, when Groves first met with Detective Vancil, the State correctly asserts that the…