Case Name: CITY OF MIAMI v. CLAY
Court: Dade County Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1959-04-28
Citations: 14 Fla. Supp. 117
Docket Number: No. 4760
Parties: CITY OF MIAMI v. CLAY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Supplement
Volume: 14
Pages: 117–118

Head Matter:
CITY OF MIAMI v. CLAY.
No. 4760.
Circuit Court, Dade County, Criminal Appeal.
April 28, 1959.
Stephen F. Bazzano, Miami, for appellant.
James J. McVeigh, Assistant City Attorney, Miami, for appellee.

Opinion:
RAY PEARSON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is submitted on the question whether a police officer has the lawful right to search the person of a defendant who has been lawfully arrested on the violation of a city traffic ordinance committed in the presence of the officer.
The court having reviewed the evidence adduced at the city trial, reviewed and considered the briefs filed by counsel for the parties and the cases therein cited, answers the question in the affirmative.
It is ordered and adjudged that the judgment and sentence are affirmed.