LIBBY v. STATE

No. 87-02950.

561 So.2d 1253 (1990)

Susan Jones LIBBY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Phil Patterson, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Donna A. Provonsha, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

Susan Jones Libby appeals from her judgment and sentence for possession of cocaine and challenges the denial of her motion to suppress contraband, paraphernalia, and statements made to the police after her arrest. We reverse.

It is clear from the record in this case that the arresting officer stopped the appellant solely based on her presence in a "known drug area." After the officer stopped her car, he took the appellant's driver's license...

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