PENZLOZA v. STATE

No. 93-2704.

638 So.2d 193 (1994)

Marcelino PENZLOZA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Sean K. Ahmed, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Barbara Arlene Fink, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


GRIFFIN, Judge.

The defendant appeals, seeking a reversal of his convictions for burglary, grand theft and unlawful use of a driver's license, claiming the lower court erred in denying his motion to suppress the results of the warrantless examination of his automobile trunk by police. We affirm because the police had probable cause to believe that his vehicle contained evidence of a crime and because, even if there were error, it was utterly harmless in light of the...

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