STATE v. BAEZ

No. 87-73.

530 So.2d 405 (1988)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Maritza Altaerracia BAEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Debora J. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.


HUBBART, Judge.

This is an appeal by the state from an order granting a motion to suppress a quantity of cocaine which was seized from the defendant by airport security officials at the Miami International Airport. The central question presented for review is whether an air traveler who activates a magnetometer, indicating the presence of an unknown metal object on his person during an otherwise valid airport security checkpoint search under Shapiro v. State,<...

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