STATE v. CURRY

No. 77684.

621 So.2d 410 (1993)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Rufus Charles CURRY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Michelle Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Timothy A. Hickey, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for respondent.


OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Curry v. State, 576 So.2d 890 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), in which the district court held that the respondent's act of spitting out cocaine was the result of an officer's illegal detention, and, thus, the cocaine was subject to suppression. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. Consistent with our recent decision in Hollinger v. State, 620 So.2d 1242...

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