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STATE v. ECKER

No. 88-02683.

550 So.2d 545 (1989)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Kevin Howard ECKER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 25, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michele Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and D.P. Chanco, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.

ALTENBERND, Judge.

The state appeals the trial court's order granting a motion to suppress evidence of illegal drugs and dismissing the charges against Mr. Ecker. We reverse the trial court's order because the illegal drugs were seized only after a constitutionally valid investigation had established probable cause for an arrest. The critical evidence establishing probable cause was developed during a pre-intrusion observation of the illegal contraband which was in...

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