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WELCH v. STATE

No. 95-03302.

689 So.2d 1240 (1997)

Reginald WELCH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and John C. Fisher, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann P. Corcoran, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

THREADGILL, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Reginald Welch, challenges the denial of his motion to suppress evidence of cocaine found in his possession. He contends the cocaine was obtained as a result of an illegal seizure. We agree and reverse.

At 4:25 p.m. in a high crime area, Welch was sitting on a bicycle with a very small plastic baggie in his hand, when two officers in a patrol car approached him from behind...

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