STATE v. LANDFALD

No. 89-02132.

571 So.2d 10 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. William Thomas LANDFALD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Brenda S. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.


FRANK, Judge.

The state has appealed from an order granting Landfald's motion to suppress contraband seized as the result of a roadblock found unconstitutional by the trial court. We affirm.

The roadblock was set up by the Sheriff pursuant to written guidelines on a twolane street heavily travelled by cocaine users in an admittedly high crime area. The particular location in the residential area was chosen because traffic was very light at that point. The...

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