Delprado v. State

SMITH, LARRY G., Senior Judge,

dissenting.

The majority’s recitation of the facts of the case is only partially complete, and does not take into account the chronology of events as they unfolded during the unusual incident which ultimately resulted in appellant Del-prado’s arrest for possession of cocaine.

At the suppression hearing, officer Castell testified that while on patrol she was called to the hospital by an off-duty policeman who asked for help, reporting initially that there was a shooting involving four people who were in an automobile.1 Either before or on arrival at the hospital,…