State of Florida v. Shawn Donsha Sipp

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: September 5, 2025
• Docket: 6D2024-0831
• Status: Published

Opinion

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

Case No. 6D2024-0831 Lower Tribunal No. 2022-CF-008539-A-O _____________________________

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellant,

v.

SHAWN DONSHA SIPP,

Appellee. _____________________________

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County. Kevin B. Weiss, Judge.

September 5, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Rhode Island v. Innis, 446 U.S. 291, 301 (1980) (explaining

“the term ‘interrogation’ under Miranda refers not only to express questioning, but

also to any words or actions on the part of the police (other than those normally

attendant to arrest and custody)”); Senser v. State, 243 So. 3d 1003, 1009 (Fla. 4th

DCA 2018) (“[W]hen an officer’s questions or actions extend beyond requests for

basic biographical information and could reasonably be viewed as designed to secure

potential incriminating evidence, the questions or actions constitute an

interrogation.”). NARDELLA, SMITH and BROWNLEE, JJ., concur.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport and Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Blair Allen, Public Defender, and David L. Redfearn, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED