JOSEPH SERPA, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 1989-04-26
No. 88-2454
DELL, WALDEN and POLEN, JJ., concur.
541 So. 2d 799 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1989) Negative Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

We certify to the supreme court the same question as certified in State v. Avery, 531 So. 2d 182 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988), as a question of great public importance:

MAY EVIDENCE OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF DEFENDANT’S CONSENT TO SEARCH, BE SUPPRESSED BY THE TRIAL COURT AS “COERCED” UPON THE SOLE GROUND THAT THE OFFICER(S) BOARDED A BUS (OR OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORT) AND RANDOMLY SOUGHT CONSENT FROM PASSENGERS?

DELL, WALDEN and POLEN, JJ., concur.


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