Legal Opinion

State v. Traas

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 16, 1977No. Nos. 76-600, 76-601PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

McNULTY, Acting Chief Judge.

Only one point merits discussion in the state’s consolidated interlocutory appeals herein, and that relating to an order suppressing certain evidence. We think the point is well taken and reverse the order to suppress.

Appellee Traas was employed as a nurse in Operation P.A.R., a facility receiving federal-grant funds for the treatment of patients with heroin addiction. John Raleigh, a confidential informant, was a bona fide patient at Operation P.A.R. receiving methadone for his heroin habit. He testified that he was commissioned as an undercover informant for work…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. State v. SmailDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. TillmanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

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