E.J. v. STATE

No. 4D09-736.

40 So.3d 922 (2010)

E.J., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Patrick B. Burke, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Hyndman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

E.J. appeals her juvenile disposition on a charge of possession of marijuana, claiming that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress. She maintains that her actions did not constitute consent to search but a mere acquiescence to authority. We agree and reverse.

E.J. was charged with possession of marijuana. She filed a motion to suppress the marijuana seized by police officers, claiming that she had not consented to the search but...

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