Winters v. State

RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant Winters appeals a judgment of guilty entered pursuant to a plea of nolo contendere with reservation of right to appeal. The issue posed challenges the trial court’s order denying appellant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained from a search of his dwelling without a valid search warrant.

Late in the year 1972 or early in 1973, someone erected a mailbox on State Road 319 on a rural route in Wakulla County serviced by the Crawfordville Post Office. The mailbox bore the name of J. W. Williams and was assigned number 30 by the rural mail carrier. The mail…