State v. Norman

Jun 21, 1989
No. 87-2839
Versions:545 So. 2d 465
14 Fla. L. Weekly 1500
1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 3482
1989 WL 65642

Dissenting Opinion

WALDEN, Judge,

dissenting.

I would reverse because the trial court erred in granting defendants’ motions to suppress the evidence. This is so because defendants did not establish, or even at*466tempt to establish, that they had standing based upon a legitimate expectation of privacy in the premises searched.

Most decidedly, I would not remand for a new hearing and adjudication as to defendants’ standing.

Defendants, represented by counsel, chose not to testify at the suppression hearing. As I view it, the defendants are bound by their choice and they, even now, do not seek a new hearing as concerns such expectation.

Finally it should be noted that the cases cited in the majority opinion appear to have been decided prior to the instant case. Thus, counsel knew or should have known of their pronouncements and fashioned the issues and their representation accordingly.

I respectfully dissent.





Lead Opinion

PER CURIAM.

We remand to the trial court for further hearing and determination whether each defendant had a legitimate expectation of privacy in the premises searched so as to afford him or her standing under the doctrine stated in United States v. Salvucci, 448 U.S. 83, 100 S.Ct. 2547, 65 L.Ed.2d 619 (1980). There is no longer automatic standing as in Jones v. United States, 362 U.S. 257, 80 S.Ct. 725, 4 L.Ed.2d 697 (1960). See Coster v. State, 392 So.2d 16 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980). See also Combs v. United States, 408 U.S. 224, 92 S.Ct. 2284, 33 L.Ed.2d 308 (1972). It will be remembered that pursuant to Article I, Section 12 of the Florida Constitution as amended, Florida law on search and seizure now follows the United States Supreme Court’s interpretations of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The pertinent law is carefully described in Dean v. State, 478 So.2d 38 (Fla.1985).

The present result may appear to conflict with that in Daley v. State, 398 So.2d 840 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981). However, having taken judicial notice of this court’s file on that case — as we may do — we find Daley to be distinguished by the fact that there one defendant had proffered proof of standing which was insufficient to meet the Salvucci standard, and the others had at the time of the search disavowed any pos-sessory interest in the premises and refused to say whether they had permission to be there.

GLICKSTEIN, J., concurs. STONE, J., concurs with opinion. WALDEN, J., dissents with opinion.



Concurrence Opinion

STONE, Judge,

concurring.

I concur separately only to state that I see no appearance of conflict with Daley v. State.