THOMAS v. STATE

No. 91-1164.

596 So.2d 518 (1992)

L.B. THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Kenneth Witts, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


COWART, Judge.

The police stopped a vehicle driven by the defendant. When the defendant and passenger (codefendant) exited the vehicle the officer, noticing a bulge in the passenger/codefendant's pants, searched the passenger/codefendant, discovering a package containing cocaine. The passenger/codefendant stated that the defendant handed her the package of cocaine. When charged with possession the codefendant successfully moved to have the evidence

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