Legal Opinion
State v. Gardner
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 5, 2011No. 2D10-1776PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHATLEY, Judge.
Stephen Dannell Gardner, Jr., was charged with resisting arrest without violence and possession of cocaine with intent to sell, and in this appeal, the State of Florida challenges an order granting Gardner’s motion to suppress the cocaine found in his car. We conclude that the trial court erred in granting the motion to suppress because there was probable cause to search the car, and we therefore reverse.
At the hearing on Gardner’s motion to suppress, Detective Joseph Zagar testified that he met with Pierre Hodges on August 11, 2009. Hodges stated that at about 4 p.m. on that…
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