STATE V. JAMES

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed November 18, 2015. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D14-1242 Lower Tribunal No. 10-936-B-K ________________ The State of Florida, Appellant, vs. Shawn Michael James, Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Tegan Slaton, Judge. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Shayne R. Burnham, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant. Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Natasha Baker-Bradley, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee. Before SUAREZ, C.J., and LAGOA and LOGUE, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Tillman v. State, 471 So. 2d 32, 35 (Fla. 1985) (“In order to be preserved for further review by a higher court, an issue must be presented to the lower court and the specific legal argument or ground to be argued on appeal or review must be part of that presentation if it is to be considered preserved.”); State v. Taylor, 826 So. 2d 399, 406 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002) (“An argument against suppression may not be presented for the first time on appeal.”). 2

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