Saunders v. State

CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, Livingston K. Saunders, challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. After the denial, appellant pleaded no contest to the charge of operating a vessel on the waters of the state while under the influence (section 327.35, Florida Statutes (1997)), and reserved his right to appeal the denial of his dispositive motion to suppress. We affirm.

On October 2, 1998, Petty Officer Battle of the United States Coast Guard, together with a marine unit of the Fort Myers Police Department, was patrolling the waters of the Caloosahatchee River in the…