EDWARDS v. STATE

No. BS-485.

532 So.2d 1311 (1988)

Curtis EDWARDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and Phil Patterson, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and John M. Koenig, Jr., Tallahassee, for appellee.


BARFIELD, Judge.

Curtis Edwards appeals his conviction for possession of cocaine, asserting that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion to suppress the cocaine "rock" found in his pocket because he did not consent to the search and the police did not have probable cause to arrest him. We agree and reverse.

The officer who found the cocaine in appellant's pocket was training another officer when they approached a housing project where drug...

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