STATE v. FEDORCHENKO

No. 93-01117.

630 So.2d 213 (1993)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Volodymar FEDORCHENKO, a/k/a Walter Fedorchenko, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stephen A. Baker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James W. O'Neill, Gulfport, for appellee.


PARKER, Judge.

The State of Florida appeals the trial court's suppression of tape-recorded statements law enforcement officers obtained from Volodymar Fedorchenko and Allen Jenkins while they were detained in the back of a highway patrol cruiser. We reverse.

A trooper stopped the car that Jenkins was driving and in which Fedorchenko was the passenger for speeding and tailgating. When the troopers questioned the men, both men appeared nervous and gave different...

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