ROSS v. STATE

No. 82-408.

419 So.2d 1170 (1982)

Moses ROSS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and David A. Davis, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Frank Lester Adams, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


BOARDMAN, Judge.

Moses Ross appeals judgments and sentences for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana, contending that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the evidence. We hold that the initial stop by the police was not justified, and we therefore reverse.

At about eleven p.m. on September 12, 1981, Sarasota police officers Wall and Benton received a radio dispatch regarding an assault...

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