State v. Williams

By this interlocutory appeal, pursuant to § 924.071(1), Fla.Stat., we are called upon to review the propriety of a trial *75court’s order suppressing certain evidence obtained following what the trial court found to be an illegal arrest. The pivotal question is whether or not a municipal police officer has a right to arrest a motor vehicle operator for violations of the State traffic code occurring on an interstate highway within the geographical limits of the municipality.

We hold that pursuant to § 316.-016(3) (a)-, Fla.Stat.1 a municipal police officer is specifically authorized to enforce the…