STATE v. MELENDEZ

No. 79-2181.

392 So.2d 587 (1981)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Ronald William MELENDEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert L. Bogen, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HURLEY, Judge.

The state appeals an order suppressing physical evidence and statements made by the defendant. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The trial court entered a detailed order for which we express our gratitude. The relevant factual portion is set forth below.

The Defendant, on the 17th day of February, 1979, while driving a motor vehicle, hit a palm tree and subsequently hit a steel pole near a doctor's office on South Dixie Highway...

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