State v. Shadler

W. SHARP, Judge.

The state appeals an order of the trial court which granted Shadler’s motion to suppress evidence of cocaine discovered by a police officer after a search incident to an arrest for driving with a suspended license. In concluding that the evidence should be suppressed, the trial court relied upon State v. White, 660 So.2d 664 (Fla.1995). We reverse.

The trial court found that the arrest was based on information furnished to the police officer by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (Department). In response to an inquiry by the police officer, the…