STATE v. LOPEZ

No. 4D10-3401.

62 So.3d 1256 (2011)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Carolina LOPEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene C. Hvizd , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

A. Randall Haas , Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


GERBER, J.

The state appeals the circuit court's order granting the defendant's motion to suppress. The defendant's motion raised two arguments: (1) the police did not have probable cause to arrest her, and thus any search of her person was incident to an unlawful arrest; and (2) the search of her person was otherwise illegal absent a search warrant. The circuit court granted the motion pursuant to the second argument, finding that although the police had reasonable...

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