State v. Gennari

COWART, Judge.

This case involves the authority under section 901.15, Florida Statutes (1983), of a law enforcement officer to arrest a person without a warrant.

A waitress in a restaurant telephoned the police and reported that she had seen marijuana before and that she had seen what looked like, and she believed to be, marijuana in the possession of a person in the restaurant. When the police officer arrived the waitress pointed out the defendant as that person. The officer searched the defendant, found marijuana, and arrested him. After arresting the defendant, the officer, having earlier…