Legal Opinion

Peterson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 26, 1998No. 96-4995PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLF, Judge.

Appellant challenges a final judgment and sentence for various drug offenses following the denial of his motion to suppress narcotics and contraband seized from his residence pursuant to a search warrant. Appellant raises two issues on appeal, one related to the trial court’s failure to- grant his motion to suppress evidence, and the other related to the improper imposition of investigative costs. We find that the reliability of the confidential informant was not sufficiently verified within the affidavit requesting the search warrant, and we are required to reverse the denial of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. St. Angelo v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  4. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  5. McNeely v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. PetersonSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  2. State v. McDonaldDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

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