McCOY v. STATE

No. 92-2274.

639 So.2d 163 (1994)

Keith McCOY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Stuart Willis of Willis, Bliss & Ferebee, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Carolyn J. Mosley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


WEBSTER, Judge.

In this direct criminal appeal, appellant seeks review of an order which denied his motion to suppress certain documents seized during a search of his cell while he was being held in detention pending trial, and subsequently used against him at trial. Because we conclude that the search and resulting seizure violated Fourth Amendment rights retained by appellant notwithstanding his status as a pretrial detainee, we reverse.

On December 9, 1988...

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