State v. Elkin

ON REHEARING GRANTED

NESBITT, Judge.

The state appeals a pretrial order granting the defendant’s motion to suppress a sworn statement she made to police. We reverse.

Defendant is charged with the murder of her husband. The record shows that she made a total of four statements to the police concerning the incident. She was originally convicted of the offense, but this court reversed for a new trial, holding that the fourth and final statement defendant gave was improperly admitted in the original trial since that statement was taken in violation of the Miranda Rule. Elkin v. State, 531 So.2d 219…