BLUE v. STATE

Nos. 90-03111, 90-03118.

592 So.2d 1263 (1992)

James BLUE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Cynthia J. Dodge, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Brenda S. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


FRANK, Acting Chief Judge.

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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