District Court of Appeal of Florida
State of Florida v. Green, 2D05-849
In circumstances where police officers seized drug-related contraband from defendant's locked car using keys they obtained from him when they arrested him for gambling, grant of a suppression motion is reversed as the "automobile exception" permitted the warrantless search of the vehicle once officers saw the contraband inside.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/13/2006
- Published 12/13/2006
Judges
- ALTENBERND, Judge.
Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene S. Parnes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Cynthia J. Dodge, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.