Byron v. State

Jason Michael Byron seeks second-tier certiorari review of a St. Lucie Circuit Court appellate decision affirming the county court’s order denying a motion to suppress. We deny the petition on the grounds that Byron has not shown a manifest injustice by the affirmance, even though we disagree with the rationale stated by the circuit court.

The operative facts were essentially undisputed. In July 2011, St. Lucie deputies arrived at an address to execute felony warrants on a named individual. Byron opened the door and told the deputies he was not the person named on the warrants, adding that the…