State v. Perez

The State appeals an order suppressing Shaun Perez’s admissions to a detective made without the benefit of the warnings set forth in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). The facts are not disputed, only their legal significance.

In 2008, detectives with the Orlando Police Department began investigating a sexual battery when I.W., an eleven-year-old girl, reported going to Perez’s home with her thirteen-year-old girlfriend and having sex with Perez’s friend, Jammal Bradley. After giving a statement, I.W. and Detective O’Hern rode through Perez’s neighborhood…