State v. Bell

SILBERMAN, Judge.

In this prosecution for possession of more than twenty grams of marijuana, the State appeals an order suppressing evidence found on the person of Glenn C. Bell. Because the officer had a consensual encounter with Bell during which Bell consented to a search, we reverse the suppression order and remand for further proceedings.

Bell filed a motion to suppress the marijuana found on his person when Officer Cope searched Bell on December 23, 2011. At the suppression hearing, a sergeant with the St. Petersburg Police Department testified that while she was off duty she observed a…