STATE v. MILLER

No. 89-02414.

565 So.2d 886 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Curtis D. MILLER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Anne Y. Swing, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Peter D. Ringsmuth, Fort Myers, for appellee.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

The State of Florida appeals the trial court's order of suppression of evidence on the grounds that it was based solely upon the conclusion that the police officers' stop of appellee's vehicle was "partly motivated by pretext." We reverse.

Appellee Miller was driving his vehicle at night with an inoperable tag light. He was stopped by Lee County Sheriff's Deputies Graham and Nestler. As Deputy Nestler...

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