STATE v. GREEN

No. 98-948

721 So.2d 1258 (1998)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert E. GREEN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Roberta J. Tylke, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Rebecca M. Becker, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


PETERSON, J.

The State of Florida appeals an order suppressing from evidence powder and crack cocaine found on Robert E. Green's body. We reverse.

Following a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Green was a passenger, a Palatka police officer observed open bottles of beer, several blunt cigars and tobacco scattered throughout the vehicle. The officer ordered the driver and three passengers, including Green, out of the vehicle and directed another officer to...

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