Mendiola v. State

The order revoking the defendant Alejandro Mendiola’s probation is reversed and the cause is remanded to the trial court with directions to discharge the defendant Mendiola from the cause based on the following, briefly stated legal analysis.

First, we agree with the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Tamer v. State, 463 So.2d 1236 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985), that, in the absence of a controlling United States Supreme Court decision — of which there is none in this case — we must follow State v. Dodd, 419 So.2d 333 (Fla.1982), which holds that the search and seizure exclusionary rule of Article I,…