Case Name: George A. MARRA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1977-01-19
Citations: 341 So. 2d 284
Docket Number: No. DD-176
Parties: George A. MARRA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BOYER, C. J., and MILLS, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 341
Pages: 284–285

Head Matter:
George A. MARRA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. DD-176.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Jan. 19, 1977.
Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, and Michael M. Corin, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
SMITH, Judge.
A prisoner in the State's custody at Union Correctional Institute urges he was subjected to an unreasonable search and seizure in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights, when on a tip but without warrant or exigent circumstances correctional officers required him to open his personal locker, previously locked with a key in appellant's possession. The locker contained 111 grams of cannabis. Appellant was convicted of its possession. We reject his contention. Although a citizen is not wholly stripped of constitutional protections when imprisoned for crime, search and surveillance necessary for security of the prison must qualify the prisoner's reasonable expectations of privacy. This prisoner had no immunity from a good faith search for contraband conducted by correctional officers, in his presence, with or without his consent. See Lanza v. New York, 370 U.S. 139, 82 S.Ct. 1218, 8 L.Ed.2d 384 (1962) (dictum); Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974). Appellant's other point on appeal is not meritorious. State v. Lott, 286 So.2d 565 (Fla.1973), cert. denied 417 U.S. 913, 94 S.Ct. 2613, 41 L.Ed.2d 217 (1974).
Affirmed.
BOYER, C. J., and MILLS, J., concur.