Ortiz v. State

Full title: LUIS A. ORTIZ, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Feb 21, 2002

Case No. 1D01-1314 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Feb. 21, 2002)

Opinion

Case No. 1D01-1314.

Opinion filed February 21, 2002.

An appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Duval County. Henry E. Davis, Judge.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and M. J. Lord, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Hawk v. State, 718 So.2d 159 (Fla. 1998) ("The issue at this point is not whether the statement was voluntary — that was for the trial court to determine. Rather, the issue is whether competent substantial evidence supports the court's denial of [the] motion to suppress the statement.")

KAHN, PADOVANO and POLSTON, JJ., CONCUR.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED.