MEYERS v. STATE

No. 82-1277.

432 So.2d 97 (1983)

John Scott MEYERS a/k/a John Scott Weyers, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Craig S. Barnard, Asst. Public Defender, and Thomas F. Ball, III (Member of the South Carolina Bar), West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Russell S. Bohn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WALDEN, Judge.

Meyers was convicted of sexual battery. He appeals. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

The reversal hinges primarily upon an illegal search of Meyers' vehicle and seizure therefrom of a strip of cloth six feet in length and two and one half inches wide, which strip was received in evidence over Meyers' objection and despite his motion to suppress. This strip corroborated the victim's version of events.

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