STATE v. MOORE

No. 91-00493.

619 So.2d 376 (1993)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Rose MOORE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Allyn Giambalvo, Asst. Public Defender, Clearwater, for appellee.


HALL, Acting Chief Judge.

The state appeals a trial court order granting the appellee's motion to suppress contraband seized from her purse, which was found on the front floorboard of a vehicle in which she had been a passenger. We reverse.

The appellee, Rose Moore, was a passenger in an automobile driven by Michael Henderson when it was stopped by a Pinellas County Sheriff's Deputy for speeding. Upon approaching the vehicle, the deputy executing the stop...

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