Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. John Sylvester BROWN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1972-04-28
Citations: 261 So. 2d 186
Docket Number: No. 71-766
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. John Sylvester BROWN, Appellee.
Judges: PIERCE, C. J., and LILES, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 261
Pages: 186–187

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. John Sylvester BROWN, Appellee.
No. 71-766.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
April 28, 1972.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Michael M. Corin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellant.
Joseph F. McDermott, St. Petersburg, for appellee.

Opinion:
MANN, Judge.
The trial judge suppressed a statement taken from Brown in the Hillsborough County jail, on the ground that Brown was at the time represented by the Public Defender, who was not notified of the interrogation. Full Miranda warnings were given. Williams v. State, Fla.App.2d 1966, 188 So.2d 320, would support the trial judge's ruling, but since that decision the Supreme Court has allowed a confession taken from a defendant represented by counsel who was in fact waiting in the lobby of the jail to see his client at the conclusion of the interrogation. State v. Craig, Fla.1970, 237 So.2d 737. We must therefore reverse and remand for reconsideration in the light of Craig.
PIERCE, C. J., and LILES, J., concur.