STATE v. WALKER

No. 98-00203.

729 So.2d 463 (1999)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Romerio WALKER and Christina Young, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

Ronald N. Toward, Bartow, for Appellees.


THREADGILL, Judge.

The State challenges an order, which grants a motion to suppress evidence filed by the appellees, Romerio Walker and Christina Young. The State contends the trial court improperly determined that law enforcement officers used an unlawful seizure of contraband to obtain a lawful warrant to search the appellees' residence. We reverse.

On December 11, 1996, while investigating an alleged burglary at the appellees' residence, one of the officers...

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