BANKS v. STATE

No. 91-0647.

594 So.2d 833 (1992)

Jerome Torryce BANKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Mallorye Cunningham, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, Judge.

The manager of a motel heard a disturbance in one of the rooms under his charge and summoned the police. They responded and knocked on the door of the room. When Banks opened the door, one of the officers looked past him into the room and saw a woman sitting on the bed. Only the light from a nearby bathroom illuminated the room. Straddling the doorway for "safety purposes", the officer scanned the interior and spied two cans just beside the bed about...

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