O'NEAL v. STATE

Nos. 93-2679, 94-348, 94-350 and 94-351.

649 So.2d 311 (1995)

Allen O'NEAL, Louis Totaro, Theodore J. Hintzke III and Ruben Rodriguez, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, for appellants.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

These are appeals from county court convictions for driving with a suspended license, in which it certified the following question to this court:

Is the actual identity of a defendant obtained pursuant to an illegal stop suppressible as a fruit of the poisonous tree where the police officer had no knowledge of the defendant's identity prior to the stop?

We assume jurisdiction, see Fla.R.App.P. 9.160, answer the question in...

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