STATE v. DARA

No. 82-1055.

432 So.2d 77 (1983)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Steven Mitchell DARA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Russell S. Bohn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, and Ernest Blair, Certified Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Chief Judge.

The defendant was charged with two separate counts of possession of cannabis in excess of twenty grams. The State appeals the order granting defendant's motion to suppress physical evidence, the court stating in its order that it found the facts and circumstances within the officer's knowledge to be an insufficient basis to believe that an offense had been committed. We reverse.

During a stake-out, Officer Dykema saw defendant talking with...

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