District Court of Appeal of Florida
D.R. v. State of Florida, 2D05-3330
An adjudication of delinquency for misdemeanor possession of marijuana is reversed where, for purposes of a dispositive suppression motion, the state failed to present sufficient evidence to establish that a police officer had a reasonable suspicion to perform a stop, during which he observed a baggie of marijuana in defendant's mouth.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/15/2006
- Published 11/15/2006
Judges
- CASANUEVA, Judge.
Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Judith Ellis, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah Fraim Hogge, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.