ORIGI v. STATE

No. 4D04-1223.

912 So.2d 69 (2005)

Joseph ORIGI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Alan T. Lipson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

This case concerns a ruling on suppression of two items: (1) illicit drugs discovered in the passenger compartment of a car after a DUI arrest and (2) a statement elicited by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper after the suspect invoked his right to silence. We affirm the order denying the motion to suppress the seizure of the drugs, but reverse the order denying the motion to suppress the statement.

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