JEFFREY N. KINARD, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 5th DCA | 1981-02-25
No. 79-155
Cowart, J., Dauksch, C.J., Orfinger, J.
394 So. 2d 217 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (1981)

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Synopsis

Appellant's conviction for carrying a concealed weapon was affirmed where the trial court properly denied suppression of the shotgun found in his vehicle, as appellant impliedly consented to the search through spontaneous statements about the weapon during arrest.


Holding

Implied consent to search and seizure of a firearm from a vehicle occurs when the defendant makes spontaneous statements about the weapon and its location during arrest.


Headnotes

[1] A defendant impliedly consents to the search and seizure of a firearm from a vehicle when the defendant makes spontaneous statements about the weapon and its location dur…

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Facts & Procedural History

Appellant was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and made a spontaneous statement about a shotgun located on the floor of his vehicle…

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Opinion of the Court
COWART, Judge.

COWART, Judge.

Appellant, charged with carrying a concealed firearm, entered a plea of nolo contendere to the lesser included offense of carrying a concealed weapon reserving the right to appeal the trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress. The record satisfies us that appellant impliedly consented to the search and seizure of his shotgun from the floor of his vehicle when he made a spontaneous statement about the weapon and its location while being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Appellant complains that, apparently through clerical error, the order withholding adjudication of guilt and placing appellant on probation erroneously recites that appellant entered a plea to the original charge of carrying a concealed firearm, section 790.01(2), Florida Statutes (1979). Such errors should be first brought to the attention of the trial court for correction rather than being first presented as a point on appeal. However, in this instance, we hereby correct that order to recite that the plea was to the offense of carrying a concealed weapon, section 790.01(1), Florida Statutes (1979), and, as corrected, that order, and the order denying appellant’s motion to suppress, are

AFFIRMED.

DAUKSCH, C. J., and ORFINGER, J., concur.


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