WRIGHT v. STATE

No. AI-362.

418 So.2d 1087 (1982)

Russell Leon WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and Glenna Joyce Reeves, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Barbara Ann Butler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacksonville, for appellee.


ERVIN, Judge.

In affirming the denial of appellant's motion to suppress evidence of a crime, we follow federal precedent, as we believe that the facts here involved require the application of the same test for the existence of probable cause under the Florida Constitution as is the test under the United States Constitution.

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