Legal Opinion
State v. Edwards
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 9, 1989No. 88-02640PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
547 So.2d 183 (1989)
STATE of Florida, Appellant,
v.
Kenneth Melton EDWARDS, Appellee.
No. 88-02640.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 9, 1989.
Rehearing Denied July 13, 1989.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michele Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.
Richard D. Mars, Bartow, for appellee.
PARKER, Judge.
The state appeals an order granting Kenneth Edwards' motion to suppress cocaine seized from Edwards' vehicle. We reverse.
Sergeant Waldron of the Lake Wales Police Department received a telephone call from a confidential informant (CI).[*] The CI…
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