B.T. v. STATE

No. 97-0701.

702 So.2d 248 (1997)

B.T., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, Judge.

B.T., a juvenile defendant, pled no contest to possession of cocaine, preserving his right to appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress based on an allegedly illegal search. Finding no legal basis for the officers to have conducted the search that produced the cocaine, we reverse.

The challenged search followed a brief investigatory detention, which in turn followed a legitimate traffic stop while the juvenile defendant, B.T....

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