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WINDES v. STATE

No. 88-77.

547 So.2d 346 (1989)

James Paul WINDES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Craig Stella, Fort Lauderdale, and Russell B. Adler, Davie, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Joan L. Greenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

We hold that the positive dog-sniff of a package in the defendant's car was constitutionally permissible as the subject of a valid consent given after the defendant was told he had the right to refuse. This fact renders constitutionally inconsequential the apparent illegalities in the detention of the defendant which preceded the consent and search. See State v. Gribeiro, 513 So.2d 1323 (Fla. 3d DCA...

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