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698 So. 2d 816

698 So.2d 816

22 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 383

State v. Skyles

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 26, 1997

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1997-06-26

Relies on Davis v. United States · 596 So. 2d 957 - Traylor v. State · State v. Owen

Decided 1997-06-26

PER CURIAM.

¶1We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of great public importance:

DO THE PRINCIPLES ANNOUNCED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN DAVIS [v. UNITED STATES, 512 U.S. 452, 114 S.Ct. 2350, 129 L.Ed.2d 362 (1994)], APPLY TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF CONFESSIONS IN FLORIDA, IN LIGHT OF TRAYLOR [v. STATE, 596 So.2d 957 (Fla.1992)]?

¶2Skyles v. State, 670 So.2d 1084, 1086 (Fla. DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

¶34th V,

¶4In State v. Owen, 696 So.2d 715 (Fla.1997), we answered the identical question in the affirmative. Accordingly, we do so here and quash the decision below.

¶5It is so ordered.

OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, HARDING and WELLS, JJ., concur.*817KOGAN, C.J., dissents.ANSTEAD, J., recused.
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