STATE v. WALTON

No. 88-2485.

565 So.2d 381 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Edward Leonard WALTON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Bonnie Jean Parrish, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Ernon N. Sidaway III, Ft. Pierce, for appellee.


W. SHARP, Judge.

The state appeals from the trial court's order suppressing evidence of contraband found in Walton's blue suitcase in the trunk of a car driven by Kemp, a codefendant. The trial court ruled that Kemp's consent to search the trunk of the car was voluntary, but that he could not give valid consent to search Walton's suitcase. We disagree under the circumstances established by this record.

The record of the hearing on the suppression motions ...

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