B.C. v. STATE

No. 3D09-2902.

59 So.3d 321 (2011)

B.C., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, and Michael T. Davis , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Douglas J. Glaid , Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SHEPHERD and LAGOA, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

The adjudication below for possession of marijuana is affirmed. We conclude that the disputed search of B.C.'s person which revealed the contraband was properly conducted incident to arrest based upon probable cause that, as a passenger in a vehicle which was the site of a drug transaction observed by a fellow officer, B.C. had committed a felony offense. See Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366, 124 S.Ct...

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