STATE v. ABELES

No. 85-495.

483 So.2d 460 (1986)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Scott ABELES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sarah B. Mayer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DELL, Judge.

The State of Florida appeals from an order granting appellee's motion to suppress evidence.

Based on information furnished by a confidential informant, the State placed an apartment building under surveillance. A deputy saw a suspect named Smith, carrying what appeared to be a briefcase, get into appellee's car. Deputies later stopped the automobile and after obtaining appellee's consent, searched it...

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