STATE v. SCOTT

No. 93-1698.

641 So.2d 517 (1994)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Louis SCOTT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Linda S. Katz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Asst. Public Defender and Joshua Schoen, Certified Legal Intern, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and LEVY, JJ.


LEVY, Judge.

We reverse the trial court's order granting the defendant's motion to suppress, based upon our finding that the anonymous tip provided to the police, coupled with the officers' observations of the defendant, established a reasonable suspicion to initially detain the defendant, and supported the finding of probable cause for the defendant's subsequent arrest.

Louis Scott, the defendant, was arrested and charged with burglary of an unoccupied dwelling...

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