CARPENTER v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG

No. 88-02243.

547 So.2d 339 (1989)

Tyniece CARPENTER, Appellant, v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG, and St. Petersburg Police Department, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Thomas Wadley of Yanchuck, Thompson, Young & Berman, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellant.

William N. Drake, Jr., Asst. City Atty., St. Petersburg, for appellees.


CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Tyniece Carpenter, appeals the order dismissing her complaint against appellee, the City of St. Petersburg and the later summary judgment entered for appellee, Kenneth Kokotek, a St. Petersburg police officer. We affirm in both regards.

On March 2, 1984, Officer Kokotek received documents from his supervisor which indicated that an outstanding warrant was in existence for the arrest of Rosa Lee Carpenter, a black female, on...

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