STATE v. CLARKE

No. 70-382.

242 So.2d 791 (1970)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. John Ordway CLARKE, Alfred L. Deptula, Barbara L. Homberger, Judith Englehardt Pickeral, Jana Rankin, William T. Tyson, Larry Eugene Van Horn and Harry Thomas Waters, Jr., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Louis R. Bowen, Jr., Public Defender, and William C. Gridley, Asst. Public Defender, Orlando, for appellee John Ordway Clarke.

James C. Dauksch, Jr., Orlando, for appellee Alfred L. Deptula.

Alexander C. Mackinnon, Orlando, for appellee Barbara L. Homberger.

Peter M. deManio, Orlando, for appellee Judith E. Pickeral.

Andrew Welch, Orlando, for appellee William T. Tyson.

F. Hartselle Baker, Orlando, for appellee Larry Eugene Van Horn.

Michael Sigman, Orlando, for appellee Harry Thomas Waters, Jr.


CROSS, Chief Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal by the State of Florida from an order of the trial court suppressing evidence in a criminal proceeding against the appellees charged by information with possession of marijuana and barbiturates. We reverse.

On the evening of November 22, 1969, the manager of an apartment complex telephoned the police department of the City of Orlando and requested that an officer be sent to investigate possible illegal use...

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