District Court of Appeal of Florida

Denial of a motion to suppress in a prosecution for drug-possession is affirmed where police's reliance on a tip was reasonable as there was sufficient reliability as to the information received by an officer as: 1) the officer was patrolling a parking lot more than usual because there had been a number of recent burglaries of cars, and the tip involved conduct consistent with car burglaries; and 2) the officer conversed with the man for sixty to ninety seconds face-to-face and had an opportunity to assess his credibility.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/05/2006
• Published 07/05/2006

Judges

• KLEIN, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and John Pauly, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.