STATE v. BOONE

No. 92-01522.

613 So.2d 560 (1993)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Kenneth Jay BOONE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

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


ALTENBERND, Judge.

The state appeals an order granting Mr. Boone's motion to suppress several pieces of crack cocaine which he abandoned while talking to a police officer. We reverse the order, because the police officer's actions did not transform the encounter into an unlawful stop. State v. Wilson, 566 So.2d 585 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990).

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