State v. Sanchez

The state appeals an order suppressing evidence seized in conjunction with the war-rantless arrests of defendants for trafficking in cocaine, possession of cocaine, conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, and sale of cocaine.1 The state asserts that the trial court erred in ruling that the arrests were unlawful because they were made outside the jurisdiction of the arresting officers and that the evidence was, therefore, unlawfully obtained. We reverse.

The investigation leading to the arrests began when a confidential informant came to the Hialeah police station and told Hialeah police that he knew…