Chaney v. State

I respectfully dissent. Either during or prior to his first interrogation Chaney asked Detective Capote whether he needed a lawyer. The issue in this appeal is whether the detective’s “response” of “Do you think you need one?” was an honest and fair answer, or whether the detective was being evasive, skipped over the question, or was attempting to override or “steamroll” the defendant. If I were writing on a clean slate, I would agree wholeheartedly with the majority, but in my view, reversal is mandated by the Florida Supreme Court’s decisions in Almeida v. State, 737 So.2d 520 (Fla.1999)…