ELSON v. STATE

No. W-130.

310 So.2d 450 (1975)

Richard James ELSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender; and David J. Busch, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


JOHNSON, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal is from an order of the trial court denying appellant's motion to suppress evidence seized by the Sheriff's Department in what the State denominated as an "inventory search."

The facts leading up to the alleged illegal search were these:

Appellant and another young man were riding in a "borrowed" van type truck, late at night, and in attempting to turn around the truck got stuck in the ditch along the road....

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