WATSON v. STATE

No. 90-181.

562 So.2d 415 (1990)

Leroy WATSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis O. Frost, Jr., Public Defender and James T. Miller, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Amelia L. Beisner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court erred in denying Watson's motion to suppress. The facts in this record fail to demonstrate that the police officers had a founded, reasonable suspicion that Watson had committed, was committing, or was about to commit a criminal violation at the time they detained and searched him. The articulated "suspicion" that Watson may have stolen the radio he had been seen carrying amounts to nothing more than speculation on this record. As the detention...

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