TIPPINS v. STATE

No. 83-884.

454 So.2d 630 (1984)

Willie C. TIPPINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Michael Barnette, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Evelyn D. Golden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This case concerns the temporary detention of a suspected drug dealer, Tippins, based on a telephone call from an anonymous informant. The informant told the police that a black male, Willie Tippins, from West Palm Beach, driving a 1970 gold and black Cadillac with a temporary tag in the window, was selling cocaine and heroin in a specified area of Daytona Beach. The drugs were in a green bag and a gym bag.

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