McNEIL v. STATE

No. 94-1375.

656 So.2d 1320 (1995)

Sheila McNEIL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Daniel J. Schafer, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


HARRIS, Chief Judge.

Sheila L. McNeil, a passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic infraction, appeals her conviction for a drug offense based on cocaine found in her purse when a dog sniffing for narcotics alerted the officers to its presence. We reverse.

We agree with the trial court that the stop was legal and that the K-9 unit was timely dispatched to the scene. We have no quarrel with requiring the driver or the passengers to vacate the vehicle during...

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