SMITH v. STATE

No. 88-2881.

556 So.2d 761 (1990)

Reginald Earl SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Margaret Good, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant contests the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress the evidence (cocaine) following a warrantless, non-probable cause "encounter" and search of his person on a bus stopped in Broward County.

The supreme court has recently addressed such searches in Bostick v. State, 554 So.2d 1153 (Fla. 1989). We find Bostick to be dispositive, and therefore must reverse

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