Legal Opinion

B.C. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 20, 2011No. 3D09-2902PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

The adjudication below for possession of marijuana'is affirmed. We conclude that the disputed search of B.C.’s person which revealed the contraband was properly conducted incident to arrest based upon probable cause that, as a passenger in a vehicle which was the site of a drug transaction observed by a fellow officer, B.C. had committed a felony offense. See Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366, 124 S.Ct. 795, 157 L.Ed.2d 769 (2003); see also Arizona v. Johnson, 555 U.S. 323, 129 S.Ct. 781, 172 L.Ed.2d 694 (2009); see also State v. Bagley, 844 So.2d 688, 690 (Fla. 3d DCA…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Maryland v. PringleSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  2. Arizona v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  3. Voorhees v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  4. State v. BagleyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. White v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011

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