Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Lawrence Thomas NIEMAN and Theodore Clevenger, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1974-04-11
Citations: 292 So. 2d 610
Docket Number: No. 74-94
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Lawrence Thomas NIEMAN and Theodore Clevenger, Appellees.
Judges: OWEN, C. J., and WALDEN and DOWNEY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 292
Pages: 610–610

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Lawrence Thomas NIEMAN and Theodore Clevenger, Appellees.
No. 74-94.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.
April 11, 1974.
Philip S. Shailer, State’s Atty., and Jon H. Gutmacher, Asst. State’s Atty., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Joseph A. Varón of Varón, Stahl & Kay, Hollywood, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The State appeals an order suppressing certain tangible evidence seized following a warrantless search of an automobile which had been driven by appellee-Nieman. We conclude that on the basis of the information then known to the officers conducting the search, coupled with the surrounding circumstances, the officers had probable cause to believe that the automobile contained contraband and thus the search was not illegal. Carroll v. United States, 1925, 267 U.S. 132, 45 S.Ct. 280, 69 L.Ed. 543; State v. Miller, Fla.App.1972, 267 So.2d 352; State v. Sanders, Fla.App. 1970, 239 So.2d 120.
The order granting the motion to suppress is reversed and this cause remanded for further proceedings.
OWEN, C. J., and WALDEN and DOWNEY, JJ., concur.