STATE v. CANTRELL

Nos. 81-775, 81-776.

426 So.2d 1035 (1983)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Katherine Ann CANTRELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

J. Stanford Lifsey, Tampa, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

In yet another variation of the drug buybust scenario, police officers made a warrantless entry into the defendant's home to arrest her. The trial judge quashed the arrest and suppressed evidence seized by the officers after their entry. The state appeals; we reverse.

The defendant telephoned a confidential informant of the police department and told him that she had cocaine for sale. At 3:00 on a Wednesday afternoon the confidential informant...

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