Colas v. State

Appellant Eventz Colas pleaded no contest to possession of cocaine, preserving the right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress the cocaine found in a drawer in his bedroom incident to a search that Appellant contends exceeded the scope of consent. Because we hold that the officers here, under the specific facts of this case,1 lacked authority to search Appellant’s bedroom drawers, we reverse.

Background

The investigation of Appellant began following a robbery at which the victim’s iPhone (along'with other items) was stolen. An application the victim had downloaded had…