STATE v. LAWRENCE

No. 89-1707.

560 So.2d 400 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Doyle LAWRENCE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Lynn Waxman, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Jeffrey L. Anderson, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GARRETT, Judge.

The state appeals the trial court's granting of appellee's motion to suppress.

A date was set to hear the motion to suppress physical evidence. The state requested a continuance when its only witness failed to appear at the hearing. The trial judge denied the motion to continue and granted the motion to suppress after the state rested without presenting any evidence to justify the warrantless search.

The real issue is whether the state...

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