STATE v. VERA

No. 95-02492.

666 So.2d 576 (1996)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Michael Benny VERA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Cynthia J. Dodge, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


DANAHY, Acting Chief Judge.

The state challenges an order of suppression entered in a prosecution for carrying a concealed firearm and possession of contraband. We reverse.

The events giving rise to the charges in this case began around 1 a.m. on a February morning in 1995 on a mixed residential and commercial street in Temple Terrace. This area has more criminal activity in it than other areas of the city. Officer Sutter was patrolling the area when he stopped...

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