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Patterson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 6, 1973
277 So. 2d 587 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973)

Opinion

No. 72-512.

May 11, 1973. Rehearing Denied June 6, 1973.

Appeal from the Court of Record for Brevard County, Thomas R. Waddell, Jr., J.

Robert G. Ferrell, III, Public Defender, Cocoa, and Charles E. Thomson, Asst. Public Defender, Melbourne, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William W. Herring, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Affirmed.

REED, C.J., and OWEN, J., concur.

CROSS, J., dissents with opinion.


I respectfully dissent. Appellant was charged by information with second degree murder, tried by jury and convicted of manslaughter, adjudged guilty by the court with imposition of sentence.

On appeal appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting certain statements into evidence which was obtained from her after she was in custody and having made known her desire for assistance of counsel; that the trial court erred in not instructing the jury on lesser included offenses.

I would reverse and remand for a new trial relying on Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694, 1966, as to the first contention, and Brown v. State, 206 So.2d 377, Fla. 1968, as to the second contention.


Summaries of

Patterson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 6, 1973
277 So. 2d 587 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973)
Case details for

Patterson v. State

Case Details

Full title:WILLA DEAN PATTERSON, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jun 6, 1973

Citations

277 So. 2d 587 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973)