STATE v. LEWIS

No. 90-00674.

570 So.2d 1118 (1990)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Althonso LEWIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Carol M. Dittmar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert D. Rosen, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

The state appeals from an order suppressing cocaine and marijuana that police officers found in Althonso Lewis's car. At the suppression hearing, Lewis successfully argued that the facts upon which the officers decided to stop his car did not rise to the level of probable cause. On appeal, the state contends that an officer may make an investigative stop of any vehicle when the officer reasonably suspects that criminal activity is taking place, and...

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