NEWELL v. STATE

No. 78-597.

381 So.2d 361 (1980)

Richard Allen NEWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and John M. Conway, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John D. Cecilian, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HERSEY, Judge.

Richard Allen Newell, having entered a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of possession of a controlled substance, appeals an order denying a motion to suppress the evidence upon which the conviction was based. That evidence consisted of a cube of cannabis resin found in a pocket of the clothing that appellant was wearing at the time of his arrest. The events leading to appellant's arrest are pertinent to this issue.

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