FELIX v. STATE

No. 88-00645.

566 So.2d 342 (1990)

Donald FELIX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Jennifer Y. Fogle, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We affirm the conviction of Donald Felix for possession of cocaine, a third-degree felony. We write only to note that the officer exceeded the scope of a pat-down when he turned Felix's pockets inside out and found one piece of rock cocaine. See Walker v. State, 514 So.2d 1149, 1151 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987). Although that one rock of cocaine should have been suppressed, the trial court's denial of the motion to suppress...

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