District Court of Appeal of Florida

Denial of a motion to suppress evidence in a prosecution for possession of a controlled substance is reversed where the drug contraband that served as the basis for defendant's arrest, charges, and conviction was seized during an illegal detention and pursuant to an involuntary search.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/07/2006
• Published 04/07/2006

Judges

• BROWNING, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender;  Archie F. Gardner, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charlie Crist, Attorney General;  Sheron Wells, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.