DIAZ v. STATE

Nos. 89-0534 & 89-0791.

555 So.2d 1306 (1990)

Nelson Anthony DIAZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Stay Denied February 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Edward Cooley of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, for appellant-Nelson Anthony Diaz.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Morris, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant-Hector Diaz.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Patricia G. Lampert, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GARRETT, Judge.

Both Nelson and Hector Diaz appeal convictions for trafficking in cocaine. We have consolidated the appeals for opinion purposes. Each appellant entered a conditional plea of "no contest" after the trial court denied their respective motions to suppress.

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper stopped a speeding rental car driven by Nelson and occupied by Hector. Nelson gave the trooper a false name. An arrest followed when the trooper discovered...

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