Case Name: Anthony STONE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-03-30
Citations: 540 So. 2d 261
Docket Number: No. 88-817
Parties: Anthony STONE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH and DANIEL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 540
Pages: 261–262

Head Matter:
Anthony STONE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-817.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
March 30, 1989.
Hilliard Moldof of Whitelock & Moldof, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Fleming Lee, Bureau Chief, Office of the Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach for appellee.

Opinion:
COWART, Judge.
The trial court's denial of the defendant's Motion to Suppress is affirmed although the arresting officer making an inventory search did not offer the defendant an alternative to the impoundment of the defendant's automobile when the defendant was arrested. Since Colorado v. Bertine, 479 U.S. 367, 107 S.Ct. 738, 93 L.Ed.2d 739 (1987), the requirement that an arrested driver be offered an alternative to im-poundment of his vehicle, as formerly required under Miller v. State, 403 So.2d 1307 (Fla.1981), no longer exists. State v. Wells, 539 So.2d 464 (Fla.1989); Robinson v. State, 537 So.2d 95 (Fla.1989); State v. Smith, 529 So.2d 1226 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); and State v. Williams, 516 So.2d 1081 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987).
AFFIRMED.
DAUKSCH and DANIEL, JJ., concur.