District Court of Appeal of Florida

An order granting defendant's motion to suppress a baggie containing cocaine and marijuana seized from his mouth after he consented to a pat-down search is reversed where there was probable cause to believe that there was contraband in defendant's mouth.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/24/2006
• Published 02/24/2006

Judges

• VILLANTI, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sonya Roebuck Horbelt, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Brad Permar, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.