SAPP v. STATE

No. 90-03467.

592 So.2d 786 (1992)

Johnny SAPP, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and John S. Lynch, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Elaine L. Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


THREADGILL, Judge.

The appellant, Johnny Sapp, pled nolo contendere to the charge of carrying a concealed firearm, reserving the right to appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress. He contends that an anonymous tip received by police officers did not justify his detention and the search that followed. We find that the officers' independent observations of the appellant failed to corroborate the anonymous tip, and that the tip itself did not exhibit...

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