Case Name: Mark PRESSLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-07-09
Citations: 848 So. 2d 1257
Docket Number: No. 4D02-1071
Parties: Mark PRESSLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: FARMER, C.J., KLEIN and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 848
Pages: 1257–1257

Head Matter:
Mark PRESSLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D02-1071.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 9, 2003.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tara A. Finnigan, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marni A. Bryson, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm appellant's conviction of false imprisonment, concluding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that the victim's statements to an officer were excited utterances. Although the evidence was conflicting on the amount of time which passed between the incident and statements made by the victim, at most it was twenty to twenty-five minutes. Whether her statements were excited utterances, or responses to questions after she had calmed down, was a preliminary fact to be determined by the trial court. Cotton v. State, 763 So.2d 437 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000). We find sufficient evidence in the record from which the trial court could make that factual finding. We have considered the other issues raised by appellant to be without merit. Affirmed.
FARMER, C.J., KLEIN and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.