DARBY v. STATE

Nos. 86-1143, 86-1144 and 86-1794.

502 So.2d 1358 (1987)

Godfrey Joseph DARBY, Jonathan Lowery, and George Arrengton Darby, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lane W. Vaughn of Vaughn, Vaughn, Vaughn, Silvernail and Cary, Melbourne, for appellants.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and W. Brian Bayly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants filed motions to suppress and dismiss the information filed against them on the grounds that the arresting officers were acting outside their territorial jurisdiction. Appellants pled nolo contendere, reserving the right to appeal the denial of their motions to dismiss. The validity of an arrest has no bearing on the guilt or innocence of an accused and is not necessary to the jurisdiction of a court in a criminal case. The invalidity of a given...

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