STATE v. GIBSON

No. 3D13-2286.

150 So.3d 1240 (2014)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Darrell GIBSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General and Michael W. Mervine , Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Herbert Erving Walker III , for appellee.

Karen M. Gottlieb , Coconut Grove; Wetherington, Klein & Hubbart; Greenberg Traurig and Elliot H. Scherker , Miami; Sonya Rudenstine for the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Miami Chapter of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Gainesville, as amicus curiae.

Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and SALTER and FERNANDEZ, JJ.


The State of Florida appeals an order granting a motion by defendant Darrell Gibson to suppress deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) evidence obtained, analyzed, and placed in a law enforcement database with Gibson's uncoerced written consent. We reverse.

I. The Record and Proceedings Below

In May 2012, Gibson approached...

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