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566 So. 2d 342

Felix v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 31, 1990

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1990-08-31

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently May 2013

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Relies on 514 So. 2d 1149 - Walker v. State

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Decided 1990-08-31

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PER CURIAM.

¶1We affirm the conviction of Donald Felix for possession of cocaine, a third-degree felony. We write only to note that the officer exceeded the scope of a pat-down when he turned Felix’s pockets inside out and found one piece of rock cocaine. See Walker v. State, 514 So.2d 1149, 1151 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987). Although that one rock of cocaine should have been suppressed, the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress as to that rock was harmless error because the officer seized three other rocks of cocaine which were in the officer’s plain view during the course of a lawful intrusion. As to those rocks, the denial of the motion to suppress was proper.

¶2Affirmed.

RYDER, A.C.J., and LEHAN, J., and LUTEN, CLAIRE K., Associate Judge, concur.
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