BROWN v. STATE

No. 90-01761.

595 So.2d 270 (1992)

Otis Lamar BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Wilkins III, Bartow, for appellant.

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


LEHAN, Judge.

We affirm defendant's conviction for trafficking in cocaine. We cannot conclude that the trial court had no proper basis to deny defendant's motion to suppress cocaine which was found in defendant's car upon a search following its stop. The motion asserts that the stop was pretextual.

As defendant argues, there is ample basis to conclude that the officer had subjective, pretextual motives for the stop based upon vague suspicions that the car...

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