LIGHTFOOT v. STATE

No. 77-378.

356 So.2d 331 (1978)

Larry LIGHTFOOT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Craig S. Barnard, Asst. Public Defender, and Joseph R. Atterbury, Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Basil S. Diamond, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Charles A. Stampelos, Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


ALDERMAN, Chief Judge.

The defendant, charged with the unlawful manufacture of cannabis, pled nolo contendere, reserving the right to appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress marijuana plants that had been seized without a warrant. We affirm because the marijuana plants were in plain view of an officer who observed them from a location where he had a legal right to be.

The defendant's next door neighbor saw plants in the defendant's backyard...

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