SPROWLS v. STATE

No. 82-295.

433 So.2d 1271 (1983)

Roger Garrett SPROWLS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and John H. Lipinski, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Charles A. Stampelos and William Thomas, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and NESBITT, JJ.


NESBITT, Judge.

The defendant checked his personal luggage with a commercial air carrier at Miami International Airport. The police, suspecting the defendant might be a drug courier, removed his suitcase from the airline baggage room for presentation to a trained narcotics dog by way of a "baggage lineup." A police officer then stood astride the suitcases and pressed his hands against their sides, forcing air from within to be expelled so as to enhance the ability...

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