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Fontana v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jul 3, 1991
581 So. 2d 585 (Fla. 1991)

Opinion

No. 76826.

July 3, 1991.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Direct Conflict of Decisions.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joan Fowler and James J. Carney, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


This is a petition to review State v. Fontana, 566 So.2d 937 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990), in which the district court reversed a trial court's order suppressing cocaine found on the passenger's side of a car and held that the passenger, Fontana, had no standing to challenge the search. We find conflict with Griggs v. State, 565 So.2d 361 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990).

We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

The district court's majority opinion sets forth the facts, and we note that the circumstances of this incident establish that Fontana was lawfully stopped and detained. We find that the district court correctly concluded that Fontana has no standing to challenge the search. We agree that Rakas v. Illinois, 439 U.S. 128, 99 S.Ct. 421, 58 L.Ed.2d 387 (1978), controls and fully approve the opinion of the district court.

It is so ordered.

SHAW, C.J., and McDONALD, BARKETT, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Fontana v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jul 3, 1991
581 So. 2d 585 (Fla. 1991)
Case details for

Fontana v. State

Case Details

Full title:ANTHONY FONTANA, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jul 3, 1991

Citations

581 So. 2d 585 (Fla. 1991)

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