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STATE v. THOMAS

No. 89-02616.

559 So.2d 463 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Marvin THOMAS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Brenda S. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The state appeals an order suppressing a plastic bag of cocaine. We reverse.

Two deputies were patrolling a "high drug area" of Lee County in a marked vehicle. They turned onto Bessie Court, which is described as a cul-de-sac. Three or four subjects, including appellee Marvin Thomas, scattered at the approach of the patrol car. Thomas ran around and behind a nearby house, which the deputies knew was not his residence. One of the deputies followed...

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