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Keen v. State

Citations

  • 504 So. 2d 396
  • 12 Fla. L. Weekly 138

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress was proper in the absence of a showing that the first-appearance delay induced an otherwise voluntary statement
  • reflecting that no per se rule required suppression of confession — which was suppressed on other grounds — because of delay of first appearance until thirty hours after arrest
  • Sixth Amendment right had not attached where formal charges had not been filed
  • testimony about prior attempted murder invited jury to infer that defendant acted in conformity with his propensity for killing young women

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Judges: Ehrlich

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