Miami-Dade County Circuit Court, 1959

City of Miami v. Clay

City of Miami v. Clay
Miami-Dade County Circuit Court · Decided April 28, 1959 · Pearson
14 Fla. Supp. 117

Counsel

Stephen F. Bazzano, Miami, for appellant., James J. McVeigh, Assistant City Attorney, Miami, for appellee.

City of Miami v. Clay

Opinion of the Court

RAY PEARSON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is submitted on the question whether a police officer has the lawful right to search the person of a defendant who has been lawfully arrested on the violation of a city traffic ordinance committed in the presence of the officer.

*118The court having reviewed the evidence adduced at the city trial, reviewed and considered the briefs filed by counsel for the parties and the cases therein cited, answers the question in the affirmative.

It is ordered and adjudged that the judgment and sentence are affirmed.

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