Case Name: STATE OF FLORIDA v. BLANCO
Court: Florida Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-01-26
Citations: 20 Fla. Supp. 2d 117
Docket Number: Case No. 85-224 AC
Parties: STATE OF FLORIDA v BLANCO
Judges: Before KAYE, MASTOS, ROBINSON, JJ.
Reporter: Florida Supplement Second
Volume: 20
Pages: 117–118

Head Matter:
STATE OF FLORIDA v BLANCO
Case No. 85-224 AC
Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Appellate Division, Dade County
January 26, 1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Jim Smith, Attorney General, and Julie Thornton, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
Bonnie Rippingille for appellee.
Before KAYE, MASTOS, ROBINSON, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM.
The traffic stop in this case, as testified to by the defendant, was no more coercive than the stop described in Berkemer v. McCarty, 468 U.S. 420, 104 S. Ct. 3138, 82 L. Ed. 2d 314 (1984). As such the defendant was not in custody during the initial questioning.
Roadside test are non-testimonial and not subject to Miranda requirements. State v. Villanueva, 7 Fla. Supp. 2d 101 (Cir. Ct. Dade 1984); State v. Arsenault, 336 A. 2d 244, 115 N.H. 109 (1975).
The County Court's suppression of the pre-arrest statements and roadside tests were an error. The Order Granting Motion to Suppress and Exclude is reversed and the case is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.