Opinion ID: 1129352
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Heading: motions to suppress confession and evidence

Text: Schoenwetter contends the trial court erred in denying his pretrial motion to suppress his confession and the fruits thereof, and he contends the trial court erroneously concluded that he waived any rights to suppression of those issues during the penalty phase since he pled guilty to the crimes. We affirm the trial court's denial of the motion to suppress. A trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress comes to the appellate court clothed with a presumption of correctness and the court must interpret the evidence and reasonable inferences and deductions derived therefrom in a manner most favorable to sustaining the trial court's ruling. Rolling v. State, 695 So.2d 278, 291 (Fla.1997) (citing McNamara v. State, 357 So.2d 410, 412 (Fla.1978)). Appellate courts should accord a presumption of correctness to the trial court's rulings on motions to suppress with regard to the trial court's determination of historical facts, but appellate courts must independently review mixed questions of law and fact that ultimately determine constitutional issues. See Connor v. State, 803 So.2d 598, 608 (Fla.2001). Schoenwetter argued in his motion to suppress statements and admissions that his admissions should be suppressed because he was in custody during the interview and the detectives did not read him his Miranda [5] rights.