JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 88-317.

537 So.2d 655 (1989)

James Prentest JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Sibrey, of Law Offices of James W. Sibrey, Gainesville, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Fleming Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


COBB, Judge.

This appeal challenges the constitutional validity of a traffic stop based on section 320.061, Florida Statutes (1987), which proscribes alteration of a license plate. The ensuing arrest and search produced cocaine and drug paraphernalia, which the arresting officers previously had suspected based on information from a confidential informant.

The deposition testimony of one of the arresting officers considered at the suppression hearing revealed...

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