STATE v. SMITH

No. 87-2001.

529 So.2d 1226 (1988)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Larry SMITH, a/k/a Leroy Scrivens, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Kaplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Sorondo and Baer, P.A., and Leonard F. Baer, Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


JORGENSON, Judge.

The state appeals from an order of the trial court granting Smith's motion to suppress all evidence seized from an automobile search. For the reasons which follow, we reverse.

Around eleven o'clock in the evening, Metro-Dade police officers Hein and Del Guidice were on routine patrol in a police cruiser when they passed Smith and a passenger traveling in the opposite direction in a late model Cadillac. The officers were patrolling in an area...

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