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Pittman v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Mar 17, 1988
522 So. 2d 86 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Summary

declining to consider police report on direct appeal of suppression issue

Summary of this case from Burgess v. State

Opinion

No. 87-569.

March 17, 1988.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County; Ted P. Coleman, Judge.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Michael S. Becker, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Ellen D. Phillips, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


This is an appeal from a conviction of possession of cocaine.

Although appellant filed a motion to suppress evidence, he neither alleged in his motion nor established in evidence at a hearing that anything was seized from him.

Even assuming appellant alleged and established that something was seized from him, he neither alleged nor established in evidence that it was done in contravention of any constitutional rights. From a reading of the police report found in the record on appeal, but not in evidence for consideration by the trial court or this court, it is possible that the search and seizure was not constitutionally proper. But, just as the trial court was bound to deny the motion based upon the allegations and the evidence at the hearing, we are also bound to affirm.

AFFIRMED.

SHARP, C.J., and COWART, J., concur.


Summaries of

Pittman v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Mar 17, 1988
522 So. 2d 86 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

declining to consider police report on direct appeal of suppression issue

Summary of this case from Burgess v. State
Case details for

Pittman v. State

Case Details

Full title:HERBERT ROBERT PITTMAN, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Mar 17, 1988

Citations

522 So. 2d 86 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

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