Miller v. State

RYDER, Judge.

David E. Miller contests the trial court’s order denying his motion to suppress. Miller alleged in his motion to suppress that law enforcement lacked probable cause to search his vehicle. Because the search was improper, we reverse.

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, Officer Timothy Ryan of the Lake-land Police Department testified that around 8:50 a.m. on January 18, 1989, he received a telephone call from a woman who claimed to be Jenny Miller, David Miller’s wife. She claimed that Miller had just beaten her up very badly and that he was on his way to Lakeland with two to…