James Blue appeals from the denial of his motion to suppress on the ground that the lengthy detention following his stop was not justified by founded suspicion. We reverse.
Blue was a passenger in a car observed by Detective Unwin of the Charlotte County Sheriff's Department. Unwin noted that red cloth or tape covered a broken tail light, and he stopped the vehicle. At the suppression...
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