Case Name: Joseph Bernard HOLDER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-04-14
Citations: 732 So. 2d 415
Docket Number: No. 98-657
Parties: Joseph Bernard HOLDER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 732
Pages: 415–415

Head Matter:
Joseph Bernard HOLDER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-657.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 14, 1999.
Rehearing Denied May 19, 1999.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Harvey J. Sepler, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Paulette R. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before NESBITT, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Roman v. State, 475 So.2d 1228, 1232 (Fla.1985)('We review the trial court's - ruling [concerning the voluntariness of the confession] by viewing the totality of the circumstances."), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1090, 106 S.Ct. 1480, 89 L.Ed.2d 734 (1986). Cf. Drake v. State, 441 So.2d 1079, 1081 (Fla.1983)(The record does not show that it was made clear to defendant that he was free to leave at time of interrogation, and defendant specifically requested the discontinuance of further interrogation without his attorney.), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 978, 104 S.Ct. 2361, 80 L.Ed.2d 832 (1984).