BURDESS v. STATE

No. 98-298.

724 So.2d 604 (1998)

Debra Sue BURDESS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Leonard R. Ross, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mary G. Jolley, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


ORFINGER, M., Senior Judge.

Reserving her right to appeal the dispositive motion to suppress, appellant entered a plea of no contest to possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia, following which adjudication of guilt was withheld and she was placed on drug offender probation. She contends that her arrest was unlawful resulting in an illegal search. We agree and reverse.

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