Vaughn v. State, No. 96-4889
| Court | Court of Appeal of Florida (US) |
| Writing for the Court | WEBSTER |
| Citation | 711 So.2d 64 |
| Parties | 23 Fla. L. Weekly D892 Rose A. VAUGHN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
| Decision Date | 31 March 1998 |
| Docket Number | No. 96-4889 |
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v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
First District.
Rehearing Denied May 15, 1998.
Antony E. Fiorentino, Pensacola, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; L. Michael Billmeier, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
WEBSTER, Judge.
Following the denial of her motion to suppress evidence acquired as the result of a wiretap, appellant pleaded no contest to a charge of unlawfully conducting a business enterprise through a pattern of racketeering, in violation of sections 895.03 and 895.04, Florida Statutes (1995). Appellant reserved the right to appeal the denial of her motion to suppress, which the trial court had found, notwithstanding the state's vigorous argument to the contrary, to be dispositive. Appellant now seeks review of the order denying her motion to suppress. The state responds that the trial court erred when it found that the motion to suppress presented a dispositive issue and that, because it clearly did not, the appeal must be dismissed. We agree that the motion did not involve a dispositive issue. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.
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The state claimed that appellant was operating an escort service which was, in reality, a prostitution ring. The authorities first learned of appellant's activities when they were told by a motel manager that a particular room at the motel had been receiving numerous telephone calls, and that there had been complaints that prostitution was taking place at the motel. An investigator telephoned the room in question without identifying himself, and arranged for an escort to meet him. When the escort arrived at the designated location, the investigator confirmed that she was there to perform sexual acts, at which time he arrested her. When interviewed, the escort provided extensive information regarding the prostitution ring, and identified appellant as the owner. The escort subsequently agreed to cooperate fully with the authorities, and provided additional information about the ring on several occasions. It was principally upon the basis of the information provided by the escort that the wiretap was authorized.
After the trial court had denied the motion to suppress, appellant stated that she wished to withdraw her previously entered not-guilty plea, and to enter a plea of no contest to the charge, reserving the right to appeal the denial of the motion, which she argued was dispositive. The state argued that the motion to suppress was not dispositive because it could establish its case against appellant without the evidence acquired as a result of the wiretap. Although it acknowledged that the evidence (which consisted principally of the statements given by the escort) other than that obtained as a result of the wiretap "might have been sufficient had th[e] matter gone to trial to withstand a motion for judgment of acquittal," the trial court did not believe that...
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