COOPER v. STATE

No. 95-05039.

706 So.2d 369 (1998)

Eric Allen COOPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and A. Victoria Wiggins, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene S. Parnes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Eric Cooper, charged with grand theft, filed a dispositive motion to suppress evidence against him. After an evidentiary hearing, the circuit court denied the motion. Cooper then pleaded nolo contendere while reserving his right to appeal the suppression issue. We reverse because the police obtained the evidence against Cooper after unlawfully entering his motel room.

At the hearing, Naples Police Department Detective Edward Principe testified...

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