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FREDDIE RUIZ, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT January Term 2011 FREDDIE RUIZ, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D09-1544 [January 12, 2011] GROSS, C.J. This case is a paradigm for a type of case that is common in our courts, where ?consent? to a search is found under objectively questionable circumstances. Freddie Ruiz was charged with trafficking in cocaine and possession of cannabis. He moved to suppress, alleging that the evidence was the product of an unlawful search and seizure. The trial court denied the dispositive motion and Ruiz now has appealed to this court. At the hearing on the motion, detectives testified they received an anonymous tip that a person with dreadlocks was selling narcotics from a certain apartment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Opinions on January 12, 2011 (boomark / email).