Miguel Rodriguez v. State of Florida Explained — Criminal Defense

Supreme Court of Florida • Decided 2015-12-10 • 187 So. 3d 841; 40 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 691; 2015 Fla. LEXIS 2754; 2015 WL 8469580

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Case Summary

CANADY, J., dissenting. Because I conclude that the failure of the police to initiate the process for securing a search warrant did not preclude application of the inevitable discovery doctrine, I .would approve the decision on review. I would disapprove the decision in Rowell v. State, 83 So.3d 990 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), to the extent that it adopted a categorical rule,; also adopted by the majority he

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