YOUNG v. STATE

No. 80-634.

394 So.2d 525 (1981)

Eric YOUNG, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Krieger and Paul Morris and Neal R. Lewis, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Paul Mendelson and Anthony C. Musto, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, C.J., and SCHWARTZ and FERGUSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

Young appeals from his conviction for trafficking in cocaine. After he would not consent to opening his briefcase, the defendant was taken into custody at the Miami International Airport, and held for almost an hour — during which his plane took off — to await the arrival of a narcotics dog. After the dog alerted to the briefcase, a warrant was secured and cocaine was discovered inside. Because the detention was the functional and constitutional...

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