STATE v. PUIG

No. 88-2812.

551 So.2d 552 (1989)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jose Raul PUIG, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied November 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Harvey J. Sepler, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, LEVY, and GERSTEN, JJ.


GERSTEN, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State from the trial court's order granting suppression of contraband. We reverse.

Appellee, Jose Raul Puig, was stopped for a minor traffic violation by two police officers. After obtaining appellee's driver's license and the car's registration, one of the officers went to appellee's car to compare the vehicle identification number on the dashboard to the number on the registration...

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