STATE v. STEVENS

No. 76-2263.

354 So.2d 1244 (1978)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jackie STEVENS, a/k/a Jackie Stephens, Bruce Wayne Mathews, a/k/a Bruce Wayne Matthews, and Curley Anderson, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Marsha G. Madorsky and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Henry Prettyman and Joseph S. Karp, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellees.


ALDERMAN, Chief Judge.

This appeal stems from an order of the trial court granting the motion of the defendants to suppress tangible evidence. At issue is the authority of a police officer under the Florida Stop and Frisk Law to stop a motor vehicle and detain its occupants, to arrest the occupants after a brief investigation, and to seize evidence which was in plain view. We reverse.

The evidence came into the hands of law enforcement authorities in the following...

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