STATE v. WOODARD

No. 95-01827.

681 So.2d 733 (1996)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Omar J. WOODARD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patricia E. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


FRANK, Judge.

The state appeals from an order suppressing cocaine discovered during an encounter between Omar Woodard and two police officers. The trial court determined that Woodard was detained without sufficient articulable suspicion of criminal activity. We find, however, that the encounter was consensual and, thus, the Fourth Amendment was not offended. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Two St. Petersburg police officers went to an apartment...

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