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Fontana v. State
581 So. 2d 585
Fla.
1991
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OVERTON, Justice.

This is a petition to review State v. Fontana, 566 So.2d 937 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990), in which the district court reversed a trial court’s order suppressing cocaine found on the passenger’s side of a car and held that the passenger, Fontana, had no standing to challenge the search. We find conflict with Griggs v. State, 565 So.2d 361 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990).1

The district court’s majority opinion sets forth the facts, and we note that the circumstances of this incident establish that Fontana was lawfully stopped and detained. We find that the district court correctly concluded that Fontana has no standing to challenge the search. We agree that Rakas v. Illinois, 439 U.S. 128, *58699 S.Ct. 421, 58 L.Ed.2d 387 (1978), controls and fully approve the opinion of the district court.

It is so ordered.

SHAW, C.J., and McDONALD, BARKETT, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.

. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

Case Details

Case Name: Fontana v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Florida
Date Published: Jul 3, 1991
Citation: 581 So. 2d 585
Docket Number: No. 76826
Court Abbreviation: Fla.
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