STATE v. TAYLOR

No. 89-02027.

557 So.2d 941 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. James TAYLOR, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Joseph A. Simpson of Simpson, Henderson, Savage & Carta, Fort Myers, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The state appeals an order of the circuit court granting appellee James Taylor's motion to suppress cocaine. We reverse.

Taylor was arrested during the course of "Operation Crackdown," wherein the Lee County Sheriff's Department patrolled so-called "hot spots ... normally associated with drug dealings." Taylor committed a civil traffic infraction directly in front of the arresting officers' vehicle, and when they activated their blue light he appeared...

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