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STATE v. RUIZ

No. 4-86-1254.

502 So.2d 87 (1987)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Antonio RUIZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Lee Rosenthal, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

In our opinion the trial court erroneously granted the defendant's motion to suppress. The evidence (cocaine) should have been received under the inevitable discovery doctrine. State v. LeCroy, 435 So.2d 354 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983), cert. denied, 473 U.S. 907, 105 S.Ct. 3532, 87 L.Ed.2d 656 (1985). "If the prosecution can establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the information ultimately or inevitably...

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