Ramos v. State

GARRETT, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief. We address all of the issues raised in this appeal and affirm.

Trial counsel’s failure to file a motion to suppress the bus search of appellant’s luggage was not ineffective assistance of counsel. Appellant’s case preceded Bostick v. State, 554 So.2d 1153 (Fla.1989). At the time of the crime and the direct appeal, case law permitted police officers to board buses temporarily stopped in stations and to conduct random consent searches of passengers’ luggage. See State v. Grant, 392 So.2d 1362 (Fla. 4th…