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STATE v. MERRITT

No. 87-1137.

519 So.2d 36 (1987)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Leslie T. MERRITT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Steven T. Scott and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Weiner, Robbins, Tunkey & Ross and Benjamin S. Waxman, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The State of Florida appeals a trial court order suppressing a quantity of cocaine seized by the police from the defendant's person at the Miami International Airport. We reverse the order under review upon a holding that the search was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 12 of the Florida Constitution based on the airport security checkpoint exception to the

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