STATE v. POLLARD

No. 93-00751.

625 So.2d 968 (1993)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Willie B. POLLARD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michele Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Megan Olson, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.


PARKER, Acting Chief Judge.

The state appeals the trial court's order which granted Willie B. Pollard's motion to suppress cocaine, a cocaine pipe, and cannabis. We reverse and conclude that the stop of Pollard's vehicle was valid and that the searches of Pollard's person and vehicle were lawful as incident to an arrest.

The following facts are relevant to this appeal. Officer Hart was on patrol at 3:15 a.m. in a fringe drug area. While stopped at a red light...

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