SIMS CRANE SERVICE, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, PETITIONER,

v.

AM-CAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, A FOREIGN CORPORATION, AND LEO T. COTE, RESPONDENTS

Citator

Cited By (57 total)

• Rolling v. State, 695 So. 2d 278 (Fla. 1997)
  …An inventory search is a Fourth Amendment search and seizure, Elson v. State, 337 So. 2d 959 (Fla.1976), but is unique in that its purposes are for the protection of property and persons rather than to investigate criminal activity. Miller v. State, 403 So. 2d 1307 (Fla.1981). Contraband or evidence seized in a valid inventory search is admissible because the procedure is a recognized exception to the warrant requirement. Caplan v. State, 531 So. 2d 88 (Fla.1988). The nature of this exception, however, is dete…
• State v. Wells, 539 So. 2d 464 (Fla. 1989)
  …that the impoundment in this instance, and hence the search of the interior of the car that followed was proper under Bertine. This conclusion is compelled by the fact that, to the extent of any inconsistency, Bertine has superseded Miller v. State, 403 So. 2d 1307 (Fla.1981), and Sanders v. State, 403 So. 2d 973 (Fla.1981). Under the analysis in Bertine, we believe the Patrol is not compelled to provide an alternative to impoundment, as we held in Miller and Sanders. Thus, we believe the officer in this insta…

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• Twilegar v. State, 42 So. 3d 177 (Fla. 2010)
  …ntory search is a Fourth Amendment search and seizure, Elson v. State, [*193] 337 So. 2d 959 (Fla.1976), but is unique in that its purposes are for the protection of property and persons rather than to investigate criminal activity. Miller v. State, 403 So. 2d 1307 (Fla.1981). Contraband or evidence seized in a valid inventory search is admissible because the procedure is a recognized exception to the warrant requirement. Caplan v. State, 531 So. 2d 88 (Fla.1988). The nature of this exception, however, is dete…

Authorities Cited

• Houdaille Indus., Inc. v. Edwards, 374 So. 2d 490 (Fla. 1979)