STATE v. MENDEZ

No. 88-2359.

540 So.2d 930 (1989)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Efrain T. MENDEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GUNTHER, Judge.

We reverse the order granting defendant's motion to suppress.

At 1:40 a.m., while patrolling a neighborhood which had been plagued by a rash of business burglaries, police observed the defendant standing beside a truck parked between two closed businesses. As the police officer turned into the parking lot, the defendant got into the passenger side of the truck. The officer stopped his car, walked up to the truck and asked the defendant why...

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