Legal Opinion
State v. Caballero
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 10, 1987No. 4-86-0305PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALDEN, Judge.
This is an appeal from an “Order On Defendant’s Motion To Dismiss Predicated Upon Constitutionally Unacceptable Post Arrest Police Misconduct.” The trial court granted the motion and finally dismissed all pending criminal charges against the defendant. The State appeals. We reverse.
In a fifteen page order the trial court carefully outlined the events that led to the dismissal of the charges. Our departure is based on our opinion that the sanction of dismissal was unwarranted and without precedent, although it cannot be gainsaid that the conduct of the police officers in the…
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