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Florida\u2019s 11th<\/span>\u00a0Circuit Court of Appeals recently explained<\/a> that police confessions can be used in court to prosecute sex crimes and other offenses, even if the person who made the confession was intoxicated at the time.Mr. Arvelo was arrested and charged with attempted sexual battery and kidnapping with the intent to commit sexual battery, stemming from a 2006 incident in a Maitland parking garage. He allegedly attacked a woman as she was getting out of her car, and then he dragged the woman to Arvelo\u2019s car. Arvelo was unable to start that car, however. When he got out to look at the engine, Arvelo\u2019s victim locked the doors and started honking the horn. Arvelo fled after two of the victim\u2019s coworkers noticed the commotion and called the police, according to the court.<\/p>\n

Arvelo confessed after being apprehended and taken into custody by Maitland police. The 21-year-old was interrogated for three years. Arvelo argued on appeal that he was coerced into making the confession and that officers made false promises of leniency during the interrogation. He also said that the officers took advantage of the fact that Arvelo was drunk and sleep-deprived. He told the cops at the beginning of the interview that he\u2019d drunk a bottle of whiskey earlier that morning and had not slept since.<\/p>\n

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Florida\u2019s 11th\u00a0Circuit Court of Appeals recently explained that police confessions can be used in court to prosecute sex crimes and other offenses, even if the person who made the confession was intoxicated at the time.Mr. Arvelo was arrested and charged with attempted sexual battery and kidnapping with the intent to commit sexual battery, stemming from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sex-crimes"],"yoast_head":"\nSex Charge: Drunken Confession Accepted Sex Crime<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When police search car, a sex crime charge case can hinge on drunken confession accepted sex. See how this ruling your defense. 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