STATE v. BROOKS

No. 88-2610.

553 So.2d 712 (1989)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Troy Bradley BROOKS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Stay Denied January 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Douglas N. Duncan of Wagner, Nugent, Johnson, Roth, Romano, Eriksen and Kupfer, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court's order granting the suppression of cocaine found as a result of an illegal search of appellee's luggage. The State claims that the search of the bag was lawful as it was sufficiently contemporaneous with appellee's arrest. We disagree and affirm.

This began as another bus search. Upon reaching appellee's seat on the bus, one of the officers introduced himself and asked appellee if he minded talking to him....

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