CURRY v. STATE

No. 87-3359.

540 So.2d 165 (1989)

Paul J. CURRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey C. Fleck of Friend & Fleck, South Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Alfonso M. Saldana, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Judge.

For the umpteenth time, we consider problems relative to a consent search, on this occasion in the waiting area of an Amtrak Station. The trial court denied the motion to suppress. We affirm.

Pursuant to an informed consent to search, a police officer unzipped the defendant's bag and discovered therein two opaque silver-wrapped duct-taped packages. Based on his experience, he recognized that opaque containers such as these usually contain contraband...

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