STATE v. DENNIS

No. 96-1055.

684 So.2d 848 (1996)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. John Livingston DENNIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Roberta G. Mandel, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Amy D. Ronner, Special Assistant Public Defender, and Lorraine E. Tashman and Margaret Brenan, Certified Legal Interns, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and FLETCHER, JJ.


NESBITT, Judge.

Defendant, John Dennis, was charged by information with possession of cocaine and obstruction of justice. Dennis filed a motion to suppress the evidence, arguing it had been obtained through an unreasonable search and seizure. At the hearing on the defendant's motion the arresting officer, Manuel Blanco, testified that at the time of the defendant's arrest, the officer was participating in an undercover drug operation. Blanco and his partner sat in...

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