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DAVIS v. STATE

No. 77695.

594 So.2d 264 (1992)

Twana DAVIS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joan Fowler, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen. and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

McDONALD, Justice.

We review Davis v. State, 576 So.2d 913, 914 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), in which the district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

CAN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PAT-DOWN OR SEARCH THE CROTCH OR GROIN AREA OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS CONSENTED TO BE SEARCHED?

We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We hold that, in the case of a random and suspicionless...

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