Sanchez v. Buchanan

TILLMAN PEARSON, Judge.

The office of the Sheriff of Dade County had been investigating alleged vice and bolita operations in the County under the Sheriff’s standing orders. A Deputy Sheriff received information from an informer that a certain duplex was temporarily being used by a bolita collector where “ * * * drop-off men would drop off tickets or slips * * * and money.” The Deputy Sheriff, acting as an under-cover man, observed the duplex for several days during which time he saw cars park and the drivers go into the duplex then immediately leave and drive away. As a result of what had…