STATE v. HALL

No. 90-2623.

587 So.2d 662 (1991)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Clarence HALL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Roberta G. Mandel, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Carol J.Y. Wilson, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, FERGUSON and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This case is one the State probably should have left unreviewed because it gives credence to the frequently heard criticism that the charges of battery on a police officer and resisting arrest are often pretexts where there is no probable cause, or are cover-ups for illegal police conduct.

Evidence produced at a hearing on a motion to suppress showed that on July 12, 1990, at about 8:00 a.m., the defendant entered an Amtrak Station with two other...

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