BROWN v. STATE

No. 2D00-1351.

789 So.2d 1021 (2001)

Sharon BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Howardene Garrett, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene S. Parnes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

Sharon Brown appeals judgments convicting her of possession of methamphetamine and marijuana. Ms. Brown pleaded nolo contendere to the charges, reserving her right to appeal a dispositive motion to suppress the drugs found in her fanny pack during a search of the passenger compartment of a car. We reverse. The driver's consent to search the car was not a valid third-party consent to search items such as purses and fanny packs possessed by a passenger...

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