STATE v. SCRUGGS

No. 89-716.

563 So.2d 717 (1990)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Brian Fate SCRUGGS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Jorge Espinosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Rosa C. Figarola, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, COPE and GERSTEN, JJ.


GERSTEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order suppressing evidence and a statement. We reverse and remand.

Appellee, Brian Scruggs, was charged with possession of cocaine. Appellee filed a motion to suppress the cocaine, alleging he had been stopped without a founded suspicion of criminal activity; therefore, the subsequent search of him was illegal.

The State asserts the trial court erred in granting the motion to suppress, because the uncontradicted...

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