STATE v. WEEDON

Nos. 81-1875, 81-2354.

425 So.2d 125 (1982)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jack P. WEEDON, Phillip G. Adlington, Thomas J. Stewart, Henry J. Eddy, Tina Clawson and Walter Patrick Hagman, Appellees. STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert Andrew MADDOCK and Richard D. Hughes, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearings Denied January 26 and February 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Trela J. White, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Mark C. Perry, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees Phillip Adlington, Henry Eddy, Robert Maddock and Thomas Stewart.

Robert P. Foley, Roger B. Colton and Douglas N. Duncan of Foley & Colton, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees Walter Hagman and Tina Clawson.

Robert H. Trachman of Law Offices of Robert H. Trachman, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees Jack Weedon and Richard Hughes.


HURLEY, Judge.

The state appeals the suppression of evidence obtained pursuant to an order authorizing the use of an electronic listening device. The trial judge determined that the wiretap order was overbroad and that the state failed to exhaust all investigative leads. We reverse.

While conducting investigations into certain drug operations, the state applied for an order authorizing a wiretap to be placed on two telephones within a residence located in...

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