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Goldberg v. State

407 So. 2d 352
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
DecidedDecember 16, 1981
Docket81-419
StatusPublished
Cited by15 cases

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Goldberg v. State, 407 So. 2d 352 (Fla. Ct. App. 1981).

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407 So.2d 352 (1981)

Barry GOLDBERG, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 81-419.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 16, 1981.

Robert M. Leen of Leen & Schneider, Hollywood, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Max Rudmann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

During a consensual search of the defendant's luggage, a police officer pulled "an oblong soft-shaped package" from a shirt pocket. At this point the defendant said, "Hey, that is my personal stuff," and began to lunge or "kind of reach out" toward the officer holding the package. The officer stated that she could not see the contents of the package and candidly admitted that only a hunch suggested it might contain contraband.

Since the testimony regarding these events is without conflict and is susceptible of only one reasonable interpretation, i.e., that the defendant withdrew his consent to search before the police developed probable cause to believe that he possessed contraband, we hold that it was error to deny defendant's motion to suppress. Accordingly, the conviction is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

GLICKSTEIN and HURLEY, JJ., and GREEN, OLIVER L., Associate Judge, concur.

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