Brown v. State

The appellant urges error upon the summary denial of his motion pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule I, F.S.A. ch. 924 Appendix. The petition alleges that the petitioner was forced to confess by physical violence and threats that if he told of the violence he would be killed. He relies upon Lee v. State, Fla.App.1965, 175 So.2d 95. In that case we cited and followed many cases, including Jones v. State, Fla.App.1964, 165 So.2d 191, which hold that a person who is coerced into entering a plea of guilty is deprived of a constitutional right.

The record of appellant’s trial reveals that he did not…