CLARK v. STATE

No. 93-3258.

648 So.2d 848 (1995)

William CLARK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Morris, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Ettie Feistmann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, Judge.

Appellant pled nolo contendere in case number 92-7916 to a charge of possession of cocaine, reserving his right to appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress the physical evidence of the cocaine rocks found at the scene. Because we find that there was no founded suspicion for the stop and that appellant did not abandon the drugs prior to the illegal stop, we reverse his conviction and sentence.

At the hearing on the motion to...

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