Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Luz Piedad JIMENO, et al., Respondents
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-07-26
Citations: 564 So. 2d 1083
Docket Number: No. 75057
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Luz Piedad JIMENO, et al., Respondents.
Judges: SHAW, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, BARKETT and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 564
Pages: 1083–1084

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Luz Piedad JIMENO, et al., Respondents.
No. 75057.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 26, 1990.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner.
Sidney Efronson and Ramon Tourgeman of the Law Offices of Sidney Efronson, Miami, for respondents.

Opinion:
GRIMES, Justice.
We accepted jurisdiction to review State v. Jimeno, 550 So.2d 1176 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989), wherein the district court of appeal certified as being of great public importance a question concerning the lawfulness of searching a closed container after consent has been given to search a motor vehicle for narcotics.
We agree with respondents that under State v. Wells, 539 So.2d 464 (Fla.1989), affd, — U.S. -, 110 S.Ct. 1632, 109 L.Ed.2d 1 (1990), the consent to search a vehicle does not extend to a closed container found inside the vehicle.
Therefore, we approve the decision of the district court of appeal.
It is so ordered.
SHAW, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, BARKETT and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
McDONALD, J., dissents.
. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.