Riley v. State

HUBBART, Judge.

The central issue raised by this appeal is whether it is unlawful [under the federal or Florida constitution or Florida statutory law] for the police, in an otherwise lawful manner, to enter private premises which they are authorized to search pursuant to a valid and previously issued search warrant, when, as here, the entering officers do not physically have the search warrant in hand upon entry, but do receive the warrant some twenty (20) minutes later and duly execute it. We hold that no such constitutional or statutory violation is shown by the above stated police conduct,…