ROBINS v. STATE

No. 85-2353.

522 So.2d 911 (1988)

Ernest ROBINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Paul D. Novack, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Mark S. Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and FERGUSON, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

The dispositive question is whether a police officer had founded suspicion to make the stop which led to the discovery of recently stolen property.

Police Sergeant James McCray, who had patrolled the same warehouse district for nineteen years, came upon the defendant and a companion in the area on a Sunday afternoon. Robins was carrying two canvas pouches; his companion was carrying a heavy box. McCray was suspicious because

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