ALVAREZ v. STATE

No. 95-02731.

695 So.2d 1263 (1997)

Ricardo ALVAREZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Amy Porinchak Thornhill, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Scott A. Browne, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


ROSMAN, Jay B., Associate Judge.

Ricardo Alvarez challenges his final judgment and sentences for possession of cocaine, possession of less than twenty grams of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia, contending that the trial court erred in its denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Because we agree that the officers illegally stopped him, we reverse.

The officers observed the appellant seated in the driver's seat in a legally parked car adjacent...

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