MIAMI-DADE COUNTY v. CARDOSO

No. 3D05-313.

922 So.2d 301 (2006)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Appellant, v. Denis CARDOSO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray A. Greenberg, Miami-Dade County Attorney, and Eric K. Gressman, Assistant County Attorney, for appellant.

Michael Garcia Petit, Miami, for appellee.

Before WELLS and CORTIÑAS, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


CORTIÑAS, Judge.

Between September 1996 and July 1999, Denis Cardoso ("Cardoso") was arrested by various police officers eighteen (18) times for peddling flowers out of his truck near a cemetery in Miami, Florida. It is undisputed that Cardoso had a peddler's license since 1988, but did not have a certificate of use and occupancy.

Cardoso filed a complaint against Miami-Dade County ("County"), asserting eighteen (18) counts of false arrest and/or

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