STATE v. SWANK

No. 80-914.

399 So.2d 510 (1981)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Charles L. SWANK and Timothy M. Key, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stewart J. Bellus, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Douglas S. Lambeth, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Key.

Richard Bergstresser, Miami, for appellee Swank.


HERSEY, Judge.

Defendants were charged with possession of cocaine. The trial court granted their motions to suppress the drugs and the State now challenges the suppression of that evidence.

On May 30, 1979, at approximately 4:00 a.m., Officers Patterson and Flint responded to a call from the local Hilton Hotel. Upon their arrival, the night clerk explained that occupants of a room, two men and a woman, were making numerous long distance telephone calls and...

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