Newbold v. State

The appellant, along with another, was charged with buying, receiving, or concealing stolen property, and petit larceny. Following a non-jury trial, they were convicted and sentenced accordingly, and this appeal has been duly prosecuted.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress, contending that the search which revealed the stolen property was incident to an illegal arrest, because the arrest was for the alleged crime of vagrancy, citing Lazarus v. Faircloth, D.C., S.D.Fla.1969, 301 F.Supp. 266, which held the vagrancy statute to be unconstitutional and,…