COLLINS v. STATE

No. 4D12-1716.

125 So.3d 1046 (2013)

Joe C. COLLINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 31, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and John M. Conway , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

Appellant, Joe Collins, appeals a final judgment and sentence entered after he pled no contest to possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. Appellant moved to suppress the drug evidence, which was seized while the police were taking him into custody under the Florida Mental Health Act, or Baker Act, section 394.463, Florida Statutes (2010). We affirm the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress because...

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