Hanifan v. State

VILLANTI, Chief Judge,

Specially concurring.

I concur in the decision to affirm Hani-fan’s convictions and sentences, but I would uphold the trial court’s denial of Hanifan’s motion to suppress his iPhone on a slightly different basis than that articulated by the majority. I also write to commend the officers in this case, who acted with considerable restraint at a time when the outcome of Riley v. California, — U.S. -, 134 S.Ct. 2473, 189 L.Ed.2d 430 (2014), was still unknown.

The record in this, case shows that the North Port police received information from a police officer in Massachusetts…