BROWN v. STATE

No. 77-432.

355 So.2d 138 (1978)

Edward J. BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tobias Simon and Theodore L. Tripp, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Ronald A. Dion, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART and KEHOE, JJ., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.


HUBBART, Judge.

This is an appeal from a criminal conviction for unlawful possession of marijuana based upon a nolo contendere plea entered before the Dade County Circuit Court. The controlling issue presented for appeal is whether the denial of a pre-trial motion to suppress which raises solely a question of a law may be specifically preserved for appeal by the defendant upon the entry of a nolo contendere plea in a criminal case. We hold that the denial of such...

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