Stiner v. State

Citations

• 78 Fla. 647
• 83 So. 565

Syllabus

<p>1. The question of whether admissions and confessions are made freely and voluntarily is for the court to determine, and to enable it to do this, there should be a preliminary investigation by the court in the absence of the jury.</p> <p>2. While it is the better course to interpose objections to the introduction of evidence of admissions or confessions, the failure to do So does not relieve the trial judge of the duty to satisfy himself by an examination conducted in the absence of the jury that the admissions were made freely and voluntarily before admitting them.</p> <p>3. Testimony examined and found sufficient to support the verdict.</p>