STATE v. McCORD

No. 4D01-4485.

833 So.2d 828 (2002)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Foskie McCORD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Doran, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Judy Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

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


WARNER, J.

The state appeals an order granting a motion to suppress DNA evidence taken from the defendant by means of police trickery. The trial court held that the defendant did not freely and voluntarily consent to the search of his body when he gave saliva samples. We affirm the trial court's ruling.

Detective Brian Cahir, assigned to investigate twenty-two separate armed robberies in the Lake Worth and Palm Beach areas, focused his attention on Foskie...

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