Gayle v. State

Jul 15, 1998
No. 97-2933
Reporters:
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Before:
Dell
PER CURIAM.

In this belated appeal, appellant seeks reversal of the trial court’s ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍order denying appellant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained through the use of a confidential informant. Appellant argues that the State failed to ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍establish the reliability of the informant. The record does not support this argument. Instead, the record establishes the informant’s reliability based on ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍the reliable tips provided by the informant in the past, the details provided by the informant which indicated his personal knowledge of ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍the situation, and the defendant’s activity observed by police which verified the informant’s tip. See State v. Butler, 655 So.2d 1123 (Fla.1995). Accordingly, we affirm ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍the order denying the motion to suppress.

DELL, GUNTHER and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.