STATE v. EARLE

Nos. 82-2475, 83-391.

444 So.2d 84 (1984)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. William EARLE, Sr. a/K/a "Bill" El Gordo, Alfredo Moya, Humberto Perez, Nelson Bacallao, Ismael Felipe "Phil" Arnaiz and Jairo Ibarra, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Janet Reno, State Atty. and Arthur Joel Berger and Joel Rosenblatt, Asst. State Attys., for appellant.

A.P. Walter, Jr., Coral Gables, Howard N. Galbut, Miami Beach, Frank A. Rubino, Miami, and James P. Ryan, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and HUBBART, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The lower court suppressed the evidence obtained through a series of court-authorized wiretaps on the sole ground that City of Miami police officers who applied for the orders and who participated in the interceptions were, for a variety of highly-technical reasons relating to their bonds and oaths, not properly authorized special investigators of the Dade County State Attorney as stated in their affidavits...

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