State v. Palmer

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The respondent Palmer pled nolo conten-dere to a charge of drug trafficking, reserving the right to appeal from his conviction on the ground that his motion to suppress had been erroneously denied. The trial court admitted him to bond pending appeal, holding that Sec. 903.133, Fla.Stat. (1983),1 which precludes such relief in a trafficking case, was unconstitutional as applied to Palmer, on the ground that he was a good bail risk and was raising a substantial point on appeal.

The order is quashed on the authority of Echeverria v. State, 411 So.2d 357 (Fla.3d DCA 1982),…