Wilcox v. State

Wilcox, who was not a suspect, called the City of Miami Police Department to confess to a robbery. He gave a detailed statement about the offense and showed police the uniform worn in perpetrating the offense, as well as the cash taken. He explained that he was a crack addict and wanted to turn himself in before causing harm to himself or others in supporting the habit.

After a trial on charges of kidnapping, robbery, and burglary, Wilcox was convicted of the latter two offenses and sentenced to concurrent thirty-five year terms, with a fifteen-year mandatory minimum under the habitual violent…