STATE v. TOMPKINS (2023)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Sixth District.

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Stephanie TOMPKINS, Appellee.

Case No. 6D23-432

Decided: February 24, 2023

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Cerese Crawford Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant. Stephen M. Grogoza, Naples, for Appellee.

In this companion case to State v. Hickman, No. 6D23-431, ––– So.3d ––––, 2023 WL 2053917 (Fla. 6th DCA Feb. 17, 2023), the State challenges an order granting Stephanie Tompkins’ motion to suppress.¹ Tompkins and Hickman were co-defendants who each filed nearly identical motions to suppress narcotics seized following an encounter with law enforcement. A joint hearing was held as to their respective motions, and the trial court issued a joint ruling granting the motions to suppress. We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this Court's opinion in Hickman.

REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings.

FOOTNOTES

1. This case was transferred from the Second District Court of Appeal to this Court on January 1, 2023.

STARGEL, J.

COHEN and MIZE, JJ., concur.

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