Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1998

State v. Braggs

State v. Braggs
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 4, 1998 · Levy, Schwartz, Shevin
704 So. 2d 1152; 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 859; 1998 WL 39410 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Braggs

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the order granting defendant’s motion to suppress. The evidence presented at the hearing demonstrated that the officers were aware that defendant’s probation officer had filed an affidavit of probation violation asserting that defendant had tested positive for both marijuana and cocaine. Based on that knowledge the officers had probable cause to arrest defendant for possession of cocaine, a felony offense, even if the offense did not occur in their presence. Crawford v. State, 334 So.2d 141 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).

Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.

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