STATE v. BUTLER

No. 87-1641.

520 So.2d 325 (1988)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Stanley Roland BUTLER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Claire Lardner, Certified Legal Intern, and Richard L. Polin and Fariba N. Komeily, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Weiner, Robbins, Tunkey & Ross and Benjamin S. Waxman and Robert G. Amsel, Miami, for appellee.

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


HENDRY, Judge.

The state appeals from an order granting defendant's motion to suppress evidence and statements. We affirm.

Police officers, acting on a tip provided by an unidentified informant with no history of reliability, set up surveillance outside a house suspected of being the site of drug activity. No activity of any kind was observed during the initial surveillance. A few weeks later, officers noticed vehicles parked at the house. A van, driven by...

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