STATE v. NIEMAN

No. 74-94.

292 So.2d 610 (1974)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Lawrence Thomas NIEMAN and Theodore Clevenger, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.

April 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip S. Shailer, State's Atty., and Jon H. Gutmacher, Asst. State's Atty., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Joseph A. Varon of Varon, Stahl & Kay, Hollywood, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

The State appeals an order suppressing certain tangible evidence seized following a warrantless search of an automobile which had been driven by appellee-Nieman. We conclude that on the basis of the information then known to the officers conducting the search, coupled with the surrounding circumstances, the officers had probable cause to believe that the automobile contained contraband and thus the search was not illegal. Carroll v. United States, 1925...

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