ELLIS v. STATE

Nos. 87-1821, 87-1822.

528 So.2d 1327 (1988)

Benny Richard ELLIS and Lena Elizabeth Ellis, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert C. Simmons, Cedar Key, for appellants.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Belle B. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


COBB, Judge.

Benny and Lena Ellis, husband and wife, appeal their multiple convictions arising from a search of their home and adjacent shed, which revealed several hundred pounds of marijuana and paraphernalia.

Pursuant to information acquired from a citizen informant (a 12 year old child), the Marion County Sheriff's Department obtained a search warrant and found marijuana in the residence of the Ellises and in a padlocked storage shed in the backyard. Lena...

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