STATE v. COLITTO

Nos. 4D05-635, 4D05-704.

929 So.2d 654 (2006)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Christian COLITTO and Gisselle Somoza, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard Valuntas, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jose Izquierdo of Bradford M. Cohen & Associates, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Somoza.

Michael A. Gottlieb, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Colitto.


KLEIN, J.

The issue we are resolving is whether two trash pulls, which revealed cannabis, provided probable cause for issuing a search warrant for defendants' home. The trial court concluded that the search warrant should not have been issued and suppressed the evidence. We reverse.1

The affidavit on which the search warrant was based reflected that the Sunrise Police Department's narcotics unit had received information that Colitto...

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