DRAYTON v. STATE

No. 91-02222.

601 So.2d 1248 (1992)

Janice Erma DRAYTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and David A. Snyder, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Dell H. Edwards, Assistant Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


LEHAN, Judge.

Defendant, who pled nolo contendere to possession of cocaine, a violation of section 893.13, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1990), argues that the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress cocaine which the arresting officer forced her to spit out of her mouth. We affirm.

Cummo v. State, 581 So.2d 967 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), upon which defendant relies, is distinguishable. In Cummo, the...

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