STATE v. VIGNONE

No. 90-312.

570 So.2d 1112 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Michael VIGNONE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and James N. Charles, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Frank J. Bankowitz, Orlando, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court granted appellee's motion to suppress because it found that the confidential informant's reliability had not been sufficiently established by the sheriff. We reverse. When an informant is not a confidential informant and gives his own independent affidavit in support of the warrant, it is not incumbent upon the police to establish his reliability. See State v. Robinson, 460 So.2d 440 (Fla. 5th...

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