Case Name: James M. NIELSEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-02-17
Citations: 393 So. 2d 1188
Docket Number: No. 79-1051
Parties: James M. NIELSEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, C. J., and SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 393
Pages: 1188–1189

Head Matter:
James M. NIELSEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 79-1051.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 17, 1981.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Paul Mendel-son, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HUBBART, C. J., and SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
BASKIN, Judge.
We affirm the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress cocaine seized without a warrant. Appellant clearly appeared to be drunk when he entered his car and fumbled for his keys. The circumstances afforded the officer approaching the car a plain view of the contraband, State v. Ruiz, 360 So.2d 1320 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978), and probable cause to arrest. Smith v. State, 363 So.2d 21 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); State v. Harris, 281 So.2d 405 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973).
Affirmed.