STATE v. SAUMS

No. 93-02302.

633 So.2d 538 (1994)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Peter Paul SAUMS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Carol M. Dittmar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Louis Kwall, Clearwater, for appellee.


THREADGILL, Judge.

The state charged the appellee with possession of cocaine. The appellee moved to suppress the cocaine on the ground that it was seized during a pretextual stop of the vehicle in which he was riding. The trial court granted the motion and the state appeals. We reverse because the record reflects that the officer made sufficient observations to give rise to a reasonable suspicion that the appellee was involved in criminal activity.

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