holding a confession cannot be found to be involuntary without “coercive police conduct”
How later courts described this case
- holding a confession cannot be found to be involuntary without “coercive police conduct”
- holding confession was not involuntary despite defendant’s concern for a relative who police suspected might have also committed a crime
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The opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2023-2080
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NATHAN DOUGLAS BROWN,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County.
Linda L. Nobles, Judge.
November 27, 2024
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Schoenwetter v. State, 931 So. 2d 857, 867 (Fla.
2006) (holding a confession cannot be found to be involuntary
without “coercive police conduct”); Bruno v. State, 574 So. 2d 76,
79–80 (Fla. 1991) (holding confession was not involuntary despite
defendant’s concern for a relative who police suspected might have
also committed a crime).
RAY, BILBREY, and LONG, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Kasey Lacey, Assistant
Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Benjamin L. Hoffman,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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