CHUKE v. STATE

No. 81-344.

404 So.2d 373 (1981)

George Ronald CHUKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and David A. Davis, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

In this appeal from a conviction for possession of a controlled substance, appellant contends that the court should have quashed the inventory search of a motor vehicle because it was the result of an illegal impoundment.

An FBI agent and Polk County deputies sought to arrest appellant pursuant to a warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. When they arrived at appellant's rented house trailer, they saw him looking into...

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