SIMPSON v. STATE

No. 4D09-233.

33 So.3d 776 (2010)

Barbara SIMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Z. Fleischman of Fleischman & Fleischman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DAMOORGIAN, J.

Barbara Simpson appeals the trial court's order denying her motion to dismiss. We affirm based on the tipsy coachman rule.1

While at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport, Simpson was approached by two detectives. The detectives conducted a search of her purse and discovered a pill box and burgundy change purse, both of which contained oxycodone tablets and other controlled substances. Based upon a combination...

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