Legal Opinion
State v. Fortesa-Ruiz
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 27, 1990No. 88-2871PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BASKIN, Judge.
The state appeals an order suppressing evidence obtained when defendant was stopped and frisked by police. The trial court granted the motion after the state failed to produce the arresting officer to testify at the suppression hearing. We affirm.
Castor Segundo Fortesa-Ruiz was arrested for possession of rock cocaine. On October 28, 1988, Fortesa-Ruiz filed a motion to suppress evidence. The trial court scheduled a hearing on the motion for November 21, 1988. On November 2, 1988, the trial court held a hearing which we set out in its entirety:
MR. SCHWARTZ [Fortesa-Ruiz’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- McDonald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Morales v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- Andress v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
- Irons v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- State v. O'NealDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
- State v. SolesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995