ROBERSON v. STATE

No. 88-928.

566 So.2d 561 (1990)

Lewis B. ROBERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. McKeever, Live Oak, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Kurt L. Barch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Lewis Roberson appeals a conviction and sentence for possession of cocaine, contending that the trial court erred in admitting physical evidence seized from a car in which he was a passenger, and erred in admitting statements that he made subsequent to the seizure. We conclude that the physical evidence was obtained pursuant to an illegal search, and reverse.

Roberson was a passenger in a car that was stopped by a highway patrol trooper for speeding...

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