STATE v. JAMES

No. 96-03240.

693 So.2d 1086 (1997)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. William N. JAMES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jon Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Timothy J. Ferreri, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


FULMER, Judge.

The state appeals an order granting William James's motion to suppress the cocaine which he put into his mouth during a police encounter. We reverse.

At the hearing on the motion, Officer Giddens testified that he was on patrol with two other officers in an unmarked police car. The officers wore black fatigue shirts with shoulder patches and cloth silver badges that clearly identified them as police officers. As their vehicle was traveling down...

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