JEFFERSON v. STATE

Case No. 6D23-1208.

363 So.3d 198 (2023)

Octavius JEFFERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Sixth District.

February 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Metz , Public Defender, and Edward J. Weiss , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Octavius Jefferson was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Deanna Polanco.1 The sole issue on appeal is the legality of law enforcement's warrantless seizure of Jefferson's phone. On the morning of Tuesday, May 26, 2020, following the Memorial Day weekend, Polanco's body was found floating...

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