Case Name: James Paul WINDES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-08-15
Citations: 547 So. 2d 346
Docket Number: No. 88-77
Parties: James Paul WINDES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 547
Pages: 346–346

Head Matter:
James Paul WINDES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-77.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 15, 1989.
C. Craig Stella, Fort Lauderdale, and Russell B. Adler, Davie, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Joan L. Greenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
We hold that the positive dog-sniff of a package in the defendant's ear was constitutionally permissible as the subject of a valid consent given after the defendant was told he had the right to refuse. This fact renders constitutionally inconsequential the apparent illegalities in the detention of the defendant which preceded the consent and search. See State v. Gribeiro, 513 So.2d 1323 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987); Husted v. State, 370 So.2d 853 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); Hence, the motion to suppress the cocaine found in the package was properly denied.
The remaining points are' without merit and require no discussion.
Affirmed.