Sanguine v. State

Matthew Sanguine entered into a plea bargain wherein he pled nolo contendere to the charge of trafficking in cannabis, reserving his right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. The question is whether the consent to search by defendant-appellant Sanguine was validly obtained. We conclude that it was.

Officers from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) participated in a joint narcotics investigation. They obtained information that the defendant had placed illegal drugs in a warehouse in northern Miami-Dade…