Espinosa v. State

Full title: MARIA CONSUELO ESPINOSA, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jun 22, 1990

561 So. 2d 597 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 88-918.

April 3, 1990. Rehearing Denied June 22, 1990.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Ellen J. Morphonios, Judge.

Stephen J. Finta, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joan L. Greenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, COPE and LEVY, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We conclude that there was probable cause to arrest the defendant; that the trial court correctly denied the motion to suppress the defendant's post- Miranda ^_ statements; and that there was ample proof of the corpus delicti. See Thomas v. State, 531 So.2d 708, 711 (Fla. 1988).

_ Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966).

Affirmed.