SAWYER v. STATE

No. 2D04-4064.

905 So.2d 232 (2005)

David Scott SAWYER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Timothy J. Ferreri, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Coombs Cline, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.


VILLANTI, Judge.

David Sawyer seeks certiorari review of the circuit court's opinion affirming the county court's denial of his dispositive motion to suppress evidence. A law enforcement officer conducted field sobriety tests and arrested Sawyer for misdemeanor driving under the influence based on information from two citizen informants. The officer discovered marijuana during a search incident to the arrest. Sawyer argued that the arrest was unlawful because it was...

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