Thomas Steger v. State

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2007 THOMAS STEGER, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D06-2275 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed April 20, 2007 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Marc A. Cianca, Senior Judge. Patrick Barbary of Morgan & Barbary, P.A., Melbourne, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carlos A. Ivanor, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See State v. Yunker, 402 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981) (holding that in considering the legality of an arrest for trespass, the question is whether the officer had substantial reason to believe a trespass was being committed, not whether one was actually being committed). TORPY, LAWSON and EVANDER, JJ., concur.

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