Case Name: Richard L. LONG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1970-12-18
Citations: 244 So. 2d 506
Docket Number: No. 70-114
Parties: Richard L. LONG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HOBSON, C. J., and MANN, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 244
Pages: 506–506

Head Matter:
Richard L. LONG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 70-114.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 18, 1970.
D. Turner Matthews, Asst. Public Defender, Bradenton, for appellant.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and John A. Zebedee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PIERCE, Judge.
This is a companion case to Church v. State, Fla.App., 244 So.2d 506, this day decided by affirmance. Appellants Long and Church were together in the automobile that was searched and from which the incriminating articles were seized as depicted in the Church opinion. Although separate appeals were taken out by Church and Long, the appeals have been heretofore consolidated by this Court for purpose of appellate disposition.
The sole question in this appeal of Long, as it was in the appeal of Church, is the legality of the search of the car wherein Long and Church, together with three other Negroes, were riding just before their apprehension. The legality of the search was upheld in Church, and the case there affirmed. This case must follow a like course.
Accordingly, the judgment appealed from is—
Affirmed.
HOBSON, C. J., and MANN, J., concur.