STATE v. GIFFORD

No. 88-1910.

558 So.2d 444 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Walter Allen GIFFORD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Deborah Guller, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, Judge.

In the course of a police investigation, appellee became a suspect in a sexual offense case. A police records check revealed an outstanding probation violation warrant in appellee's name. Even though appellee protested repeatedly that the warrant was no longer in force, police officers arrested him and brought him to a jail facility. Further inquiry into the warrant substantiated appellee's claims.1 When the

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