AMES v. STATE

No. 98-2577.

739 So.2d 699 (1999)

Miranda Yevette AMES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Carl S. McGinnes, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Daniel A. David, Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PADOVANO, J.

Miranda Yvette Ames, the defendant, appeals her conviction for trafficking in cocaine. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of her arrest. We conclude that the defendant was arrested without probable cause and that the evidence the police obtained from her is inadmissible as a product of the unlawful arrest. Therefore...

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