STATE v. TORO

No. 81-2762.

422 So.2d 1084 (1982)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Alejandro A. TORO and Gilbert Mejia, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Manuel Vasquez; Weiner, Robbins, Tunkey & Ross and Geoffrey C. Fleck, Miami, for appellees.

Before HENDRY, BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The order under review suppressing evidence seized from the defendants is reversed and the cause remanded to the trial court for further proceedings upon a holding that: (1) the discovery of cocaine on the defendants' persons was justified as a search incident to a valid arrest based on probable cause conferred by a trained narcotics dog's "alert" on their luggage, State v. Foster, 390 So.2d 469 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980...

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