State v. Stafford

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. THOMAS KEITH STAFFORD, LARRY JOHN CIACCIO…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jun 22, 1983

433 So. 2d 65 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

Opinion

No. 82-1231.

June 22, 1983.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Palm Beach County; Edward Rodgers, Judge.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Stewart J. Bellus and Debra Mann, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellees Stafford and Ciaccio.

Robert M. Leen of Leen Schneider, Hollywood, for appellee Canon.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the order granting appellees' motion to suppress 40 bales of marijuana.

A careful review of the record reveals that the search and seizure were amply warranted either on the basis of consent, U.S. v. Ross, 456 U.S. 798, 102 S.Ct. 2157, 72 L.Ed.2d 572 (1982), State v. Custer, 251 So.2d 287 (Fla. 2d DCA 1971), Grimes v. State, 416 So.2d 488 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982) or on the basis of probable cause and the plain view doctrine. Harris v. United States, 390 U.S. 234, 88 S.Ct. 992, 19 L.Ed.2d 1067 (1968), Benefield v. State, 160 So.2d 706 (Fla. 1964), State v. Ashby, 245 So.2d 225 (Fla. 1971); Jester v. State, 339 So.2d 242 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976); State v. Redding, 362 So.2d 170 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978) and Albo v. State, 379 So.2d 648 (Fla. 1980).

Reversed and remanded.

GLICKSTEIN, DELL and WALDEN, JJ., concur.