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State v. Pitts

Citations

  • 936 So. 2d 1111
  • 2006 WL 2191318

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  • holding that the context preceding the defendant’s initial response of “[n]o sir” when asked if he was willing to speak to the officer made the statement equivocal
  • holding that defendant's confession to holding a gun on a then missing person meant \a reasonable person in [defendant's] situation would have understood that he would not be allowed to go free.\
  • holding that despite the early hour of the police visit (4 a.m.
  • holding that suspect in custody after confessing to “serious crime”
  • explaining that appellate courts should affirm “even if the specific basis for affirmance has not been articulated by the appellee”
  • observing that the suspect’s mother’s presence during the interview made the circumstances of the interview less coercive

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Judges: Canady

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