STATE v. GREEN

No. 2D05-849.

943 So.2d 1004 (2006)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. LeRoy GREEN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene S. Parnes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Cynthia J. Dodge, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

The State appeals an order granting LeRoy Green's motion to suppress cocaine, cannabis, and drug paraphernalia. Police officers seized this contraband from Mr. Green's locked car, using keys they obtained from Mr. Green when they arrested him for gambling. Because the "automobile exception" permitted the warrantless search of the vehicle once officers saw the contraband inside, we reverse the order granting the motion to suppress and remand for...

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