STATE v. EVANS

No. 96-2551.

692 So.2d 216 (1997)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Henry D. EVANS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Denise S. Calegan, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STEVENSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Indian River County granting defendant Henry Evans' Motion to Suppress. The trial court granted the motion on the basis that the information which the police used to justify the stop — although apparently providing reasonable suspicion of criminal activity — was an uncorroborated, anonymous tip. We reverse because the tipster in the instant case was a "citizen-informant," whose...

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