STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,

v.

CLEVIS NELSON, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• State v. Rabb, 920 So. 2d 1175 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
  …A 1995)); Castro v. State, 755 So. 2d 657, 659 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). “Just as no police officer need close his eyes to contraband in plain view, no police officer armed with a sniff dog need ignore the olfactory essence of illegality.” State v. Hill, 770 So. 2d 280, 282 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000). Furthermore, Florida courts have held that a drug dog alert of a vehicle provides probable cause for a search. See Bain v. State, 839 So. 2d 739, 740 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003); Hill, 770 So. 2d at 282; State v. Robinson, 756 So.…
• State v. Green, 943 So. 2d 1004 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006)
  …based upon probable cause do not weigh the circumstances to determine if it was reasonable for officers to obtain a search warrant, as argued by Mr. Green, or whether specific “exigent circumstances” prevented them from doing so. See State v. Hill, 770 So. 2d 280 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000); Mylock v. State, 750 So. 2d 144 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000); State v. Hicks, 579 So. 2d 836 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). Once probable cause is established, the officers may search the vehicle.1 [*1007] The warrantless search of Mr. Green’s car…

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• Bain v. State, 839 So. 2d 739 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003)
  …ced in the patrol car until after the drug dog alerted to the trunk of his disabled vehicle. Once the dog alerted to the presence of illegal drugs, the deputy had probable cause for the search that led to discovery of the cocaine. See State v. Hill, 770 So. 2d 280, 282 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000)(holding that police officers had probable cause to believe that suspect’s vehicle contained drugs after drug-sniffing dog alerted officers to vehicle); State v. Robinson, 756 So. 2d 249 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000) (holding that an a…

Authorities Cited

• Raulerson v. State, 763 So. 2d 285 (Fla. 2000)