STATE v. DEFERANCE

No. 4D00-4663.

807 So.2d 806 (2002)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Maria DEFERANCE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Andrea D. England, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and David John McPherrin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STEVENSON, J.

Maria Deferance, a passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic infraction, was charged with possession of cocaine after the police found cocaine in the car and, subsequently, on her person. Deferance filed a motion to suppress the physical evidence obtained and an incriminating statement she made at the scene. The trial court granted the motion to suppress, and the State appeals. We reverse and remand for additional findings.

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