STATE v. ARROYO

No. 81-1204.

422 So.2d 50 (1982)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Augustine Lasaro ARROYO, Morgan Randolph Tynes, and Marcos Alfredo Arce, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Weiner, Robbins, Tunkey & Ross and Geoffrey C. Fleck and Frederick S. Robbins, Miami, for appellees.

Before HENDRY, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

The State appeals from an order granting the defendants' motion to suppress. The issue before us is the admissibility vel non of an experiment conducted by the defense to impeach the testimony of police officers that two automobiles, each containing an approximate 300-pound load of marijuana in its trunk, appeared to be weighted down. We hold that the evidence of the experiment was inadmissible and reverse and remand for further proceedings...

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