STATE v. RUIZ

No. 87-2056.

526 So.2d 170 (1988)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Alexander Oscar RUIZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Richard L. Polin, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Sue Fisher, Certified Legal Intern, for appellant.

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

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

This state appeal from an order suppressing the results of an allegedly unconstitutional questioning of the defendant presents a scenario remarkably similar to that involved in State v. Lewis, 518 So.2d 406 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).1 For many of the same reasons articulated in Lewis, we reverse the order under review.

The appellee Ruiz drove his car to a home which...

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