State v. Velez

The State appeals a written order granting a sworn motion to dismiss a cocaine trafficking case. We reverse.

During routine surveillance of a Kendall Drive shopping center, Metro-Dade officers saw Martha Velez make and receive calls at a pay telephone near a Publix Supermarket, while a man named Jose Martinez waited nearby. The officers were suspicious because the activities of Velez and Martinez were consistent with that of area drug dealers. See e.g., Perez v. State, 536 So.2d 359 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); Alberty v. State, 536 So.2d 283 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), rev. denied, 548 So.2d 663 (Fla.1989).…