WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. BG-190.

491 So.2d 611 (1986)

Reuben Lavern WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry P. Lewis, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Albritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ZEHMER, Judge.

Appellant appeals his conviction for possession of cocaine and violation of an ordinance of the City of Gainesville that prohibits a person from consuming or having in his possession in certain locations alcoholic beverages in an open container. He complains that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the cocaine seized upon his arrest for violating the open-container ordinance because the ordinance is unconstitutional.

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