BORTA v. STATE

No. 4D06-2491.

957 So.2d 1262 (2007)

Stefan BORTA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 6, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, Ian Seldin and Adam Langino, Assistant Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

A joint task force of customs agents, FBI, Secret Service and the Broward Sherriff's Office were investigating three Romanian men—Panaipescu, Romulus and Cerna who were living in Tamarac—for using false identity papers to bilk people out of more than $1 million. Armed with arrest warrants for only Panaipescu and Cerna, they began surveillance at an apartment complex. Agent Lopez saw three men standing outside one of the buildings. He thought...

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