STATE v. JENNINGS

No. 4D06-3618.

968 So.2d 694 (2007)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. John JENNINGS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Monique E. L'Italien, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Michael B. Cohen, of Michael B. Cohen, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

The state appeals an order granting a motion to suppress evidence of cocaine found on appellee during a search of his person. The search occurred after officers stopped the vehicle in which appellee was riding for a traffic infraction and smelled marijuana when they approached the vehicle. Because the smell of marijuana gave the officers probable cause to search the vehicle and its occupants, we reverse.

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