STATE v. LAWSON

No. 83-805.

446 So.2d 202 (1984)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jerry Lee LAWSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Marti Rothenberg and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Robin H. Greene, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The only issue on appeal is whether the stop of the defendant's vehicle which began the chain of events leading to the otherwise lawful seizure of the allegedly concealed firearm was based on founded suspicion. We find that it was and reverse the order granting the defendant's motion to suppress.

While on routine patrol between 4:00 and 4:30 in the morning, two City of Miami police officers observed the defendant driving a car. There were no passengers...

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