STATE v. FOLKS

No. 98-1501.

723 So.2d 369 (1998)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jean FOLKS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Mallorye Cunningham, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

The state appeals an order granting a motion to suppress, based on the trial court's finding that the officers had no jurisdiction to arrest appellee for violation of an ordinance prohibiting drinking in a public place, because appellee's car was not a "public premise," although she was parked in a city parking lot in a city park. We hold that the officers had jurisdiction to arrest appellee for drinking a beer in her car while in a public parking lot in...

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