MONROE v. STATE

No. 87-02855.

578 So.2d 847 (1991)

Tammy Jo MONROE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen L. Brock, Lakeland, for appellant.

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


CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, Tammy Jo Monroe, convicted of possession of cannabis, argues on appeal that the trial court should have granted her motion to suppress because the cannabis was seized as the result of an illegal search of the automobile she was driving. We agree and reverse.

On April 6, 1987, appellant borrowed her boyfriend's mother's 1979 blue Toyota. Later that day, in response to an anonymous tip, Polk County Sheriff's Department...

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