STATE v. WORTHINGTON

No. 88-1444.

543 So.2d 1313 (1989)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Derrick WORTHINGTON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Pamela D. Cichon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellant.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Glen P. Gifford, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellee.


GOSHORN, Judge.

The trial court granted Derrick Worthington's motion to suppress. The State appeals. We reverse.

The testimony taken at the motion to suppress hearing revealed the following scenario: Orlando police officers, Bell and Medvec, were dispatched to a scene in which a black male was reportedly "slapping around" a woman, later identified as Shandra Collins. When they arrived they observed a black male...

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