Case Name: Carlton Gerald BASTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-09-06
Citations: 436 So. 2d 1092
Docket Number: No. 83-159
Parties: Carlton Gerald BASTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 436
Pages: 1092–1093

Head Matter:
Carlton Gerald BASTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 83-159.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 6, 1983.
H.T. Smith, Miami, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Paul Mendel-son, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HUBBART, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.
We affirm the defendant's conviction for possession of cannabis entered upon his nolo contendere plea reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. Even assuming, arguendo, that (a) the trained dog's alert on the defendant's suitcase, which provided adequate probable cause for the seizure of the suitcase, occurred after the scheduled departure of Ba-ston's flight, and (b) there was no founded suspicion to justify a limited detention of the suitcase, see Florida v. Royer, -U.S.-, 103 S.Ct. 1319, 75 L.Ed.2d 229 (1983), there is not the slightest evidence in the record before us to show that any delay in the plane's departure was brought about by state action so as to convert the removal of the suitcase from the baggage cart, an otherwise de minimis intrusion, either into a detention without founded suspicion or a seizure without probable cause. See State v. Mosier, 392 So.2d 602 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).
Affirmed.