Legal Opinion

Wooten v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 24, 1980No. SS-155PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLS, Chief Judge.

The trial court denied Wooten’s motion to suppress on the grounds that the police officers had probable cause to make the arrest and a warrant was not required, thus, the search incident to the arrest was proper and the fruits of the search need not be suppressed. Wooten challenges this determination and we affirm.

The relevant facts are that a confidential informant called the police station and told Detective Clayton that Wooten would be at the courthouse that morning, that he would be back at his place of business around noon, and that he would have heroin and cocaine…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. State v. AdamsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. McKee v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  2. Butler v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  3. State v. ScottiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  4. Butler v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

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