District Court of Appeal of Florida

A judgment and sentence for trafficking in cocaine and driving with a suspended license is affirmed over defendant's claim or erroneous denial of a suppression motion where, given an officer's experience and the facts known to her at the time, it was reasonable for her to infer that a car driven by defendant was not properly registered, and thus, she was justified in stopping the car to investigate further.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/28/2006
• Published 06/28/2006

Judges

• KELLY, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Joseph Shields, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, and Joseph N. D'Achille, Jr., Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard M. Fishkin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.