STATE v. BELL

No. 89-618.

564 So.2d 1235 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Michael Jerome BELL and Cozzie Levone Priester, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Dee R. Ball, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Richard S. Rhodes, Orlando, for appellee, Michael Jerome Bell.

Harrison T. Slaughter, Jr. of Leventhal & Slaughter, P.A., Orlando, for appellee, Cozzie Levone Priester.


DANIEL, Chief Judge.

The state appeals from an order granting defendants' motions to suppress physical evidence seized during a search of their residence. We reverse.

On December 19, 1985, the trial court issued a warrant to the Sheriff of Orange County authorizing the search of defendants' residence for cocaine. The next afternoon the Orlando Sheriff's Department, with the aid of the Orange County S.W.A.T. Team, executed the warrant and in doing so executed...

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