Coykendall v. State

HENDRY, Judge.

The appellant was convicted for the crimes of forgery, uttering a forged instrument, and petit larceny by unlawful *703use of a credit card. As his first point on appeal, he contends that error was committed when the trial court refused to grant his motion to suppress certain evidence seized under the following circumstances; during the afternoon of October IS, 1968, the appellant was lying on the grassy area adjacent to a public beach in Miami Beach. The area was posted with a “keep off the grass” sign. The appellant was approached by Miami Beach Police Officer Griscom who…