Case Name: Norris Eugene JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1966-03-15
Citations: 183 So. 2d 857
Docket Number: No. 65-577
Parties: Norris Eugene JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before TILLMAN PEARSON, CARROLL and BARKDULL, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 183
Pages: 857–857

Head Matter:
Norris Eugene JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 65-577.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
March 15, 1966.
Robert L. Koeppel, Public Defender and Phillip A. Hubbart, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Arden M. Seigendorf, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before TILLMAN PEARSON, CARROLL and BARKDULL, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant was convicted of robbery, on trial without a jury in the criminal court of record of Dade County. On appeal he contends that error was committed by the admission into evidence of a confession and a lineup photograph, on the ground that they were the fruit of an unlawful arrest. Additionally, as to the confession, appellant contends it was inadmissible because not shown to have been freely and voluntarily given. On consideration of the record, "briefs and argument, we conclude that reversible error has not been made to appear. Appellant was arrested without a warrant, by a police officer who was directed to make the arrest by the police sergeant whose interrogation of witnesses appears to have led him to believe that appellant was one of the participants in the robbery under investigation. The trial judge considered the showing in that respect a sufficient predicate for the arrest, and we agree. Nor do we find reason to disturb the conclusion reached by the trial judge that the confession was admissible.
Affirmed.