Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Michael VIGNONE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-12-06
Citations: 570 So. 2d 1112
Docket Number: No. 90-312
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Michael VIGNONE, Appellee.
Judges: GOSHORN, PETERSON and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 570
Pages: 1112–1113

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Michael VIGNONE, Appellee.
No. 90-312.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Dec. 6, 1990.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and James N. Charles, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Frank J. Bankowitz, Orlando, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court granted appellee's motion to suppress because it found that the confidential informant's reliability had not been sufficiently established by the sheriff. We reverse. When an informant is not a confidential informant and gives his own independent affidavit in support of the warrant, it is not incumbent upon the police to establish his reliability. See State v. Robinson, 460 So.2d 440 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984), cert. dismissed, 464 So.2d 555 (Fla.1985).
REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings.
GOSHORN, PETERSON and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.