WALLACE v. STATE

No. 88-2317.

540 So.2d 254 (1989)

Charles WALLACE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Celia A. Terenzio, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Judge.

This appeal is from the denial of a motion to suppress predicated on a police officer's demand that the defendant reveal what was concealed in his hand. We reverse.

The state concedes that "the officer did not have a well-founded suspicion to stop the defendant and make a search." The only issue before this court is whether there was an abandonment. When the officer here asked the defendant what he had in his hand, he replied: "nothing." He then...

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