KEY v. STATE

No. 88-3218.

553 So.2d 301 (1989)

William James KEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and Carl S. McGinnes, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and John M. Koenig, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ZEHMER, Judge.

We review the denial of appellant Key's motion to suppress the cocaine seized from him and reverse because the officer did not have probable cause to conduct the search.

The motion alleged that Key was illegally searched by Officer Litton as a result of information telephoned to the Havana Police Department by an unknown black female, and that defendant's arrest was the result of the illegal search. At the hearing on the motion, Sergeant Litton...

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