CACACE v. STATE

No. 78-1257.

379 So.2d 1306 (1980)

Reiner G. CACACE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Wills, of Law Offices of Philip Carlton, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Glenn H. Mitchell, and Mark Kirk, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of possession of cannabis in excess of 100 pounds. Our study of the record convinces us that the initial stopping of appellant's vessel was improper thus requiring a reversal of the conviction.

Prompted by a report from the Sheriff's Office of a suspicious boat run aground in the St. Lucie Inlet, law enforcement officers proceeded to the area, encountered a boat which was moving slowing and stopped it. When the boat was...

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