STATE v. CHAPEL

No. 86-3063.

510 So.2d 1138 (1987)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Samuel Wright CHAPEL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Candance M. Sunderland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Stephen Krosschell, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.


FRANK, Judge.

The state appeals from the trial court's order granting Chapel's motion to suppress evidence. We reverse.

Chapel was charged in an information with violating section 790.01, Florida Statutes (1985), by carrying a concealed handgun on or about his person. Chapel moved to suppress the firearms seized from his car alleging that they were the product of a warrantless search and were obtained as a consequence of his illegal detention.

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