Opinion
Case No. 3D00-5
Opinion filed September 27, 2000. July Term, A.D. 2000
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Richard G. Payne, Judge; Lower Tribunal No. 98-1211.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Consuelo Maingot, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, GODERICH, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
We affirm the trial court's order denying the defendant's motion to suppress, based upon its finding that the anonymous tip provided to the police, coupled with the officer's observations of the defendant, established a reasonable suspicion to initially detain the defendant. See State v. Scott, 641 So.2d 517 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). The officer then recovered the contraband that she observed the defendant conceal behind a wall, thus establishing the required probable cause for Cade's arrest.
Affirmed.