ROSSI v. STATE

No. 86-1116.

506 So.2d 1136 (1987)

Francis Stanley ROSSI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and D.P. Chanco, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


SANDERLIN, Judge.

Appellant challenges the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress statements. We reverse.

Appellant was charged with possession of a controlled substance, in violation of section 893.13, Florida Statutes (1985). Thereafter, he filed a motion to suppress statements. At the hearing on the motion, the following evidence was presented.

Thompson, a corrections officer at Fort Myers Correctional Center, testified that on November...

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