CARTER v. STATE

No. 4D01-2501.

817 So.2d 992 (2002)

Curtis CARTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Gary Caldwell, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Maria J. Patullo, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant pled guilty to charges after drugs were found during a search incident to an arrest, reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. He argues that the arrest warrant, for driving without a license, was invalid, as the officer should have known, based on conflicting records, that he had a valid license. We reverse.

The detective who arrested appellant testified he had known him for fourteen years. During a prior arrest...

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