STATE v. VALLONE

No. 4D03-798.

868 So.2d 1278 (2004)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Joel R. VALLONE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 31, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marrett W. Hanna, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

The state appeals an order granting appellee defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained under a search warrant. The trial court granted the motion because it concluded the affidavit on which the search warrant was based was given by a confidential informant and the affidavit did not include information about the reliability of the informant. We reverse.

The officer signing the affidavit for the search warrant identified the informant as D.C...

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