State v. Fleming
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Judge.
The issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting the defendant’s motion to suppress some rock cocaine which the defendant abandoned while he was being detained on suspicion of robbery.
Two women and a man were in the parking lot of Calico Jack’s in Altamonte Springs at approximately 12:30 a.m. when a black man walked up, pulled a gun on them and demanded their purses and wallet. The victims stated that the robber got away with between nine hundred and thirteen hundred dollars in cash, all in one hundred dollar bills. Upon completion of the robbery, the robber…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Michigan v. SummersSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- State v. MerkleinDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
- James v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
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