BOWEN v. STATE

No. 96-540.

685 So.2d 942 (1996)

Margaret E. BOWEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison Leigh Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


W. SHARP, Judge.

Bowen appeals from a final judgment and sentence, after the trial court denied her motion to suppress and she pled nolo contendere to possession of cocaine1, reserving her right to appeal. We reverse.

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