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STATE v. SNEAD

No. 95-03727.

707 So.2d 769 (1998)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Keith Garrett SNEAD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tonja R. Vickers, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Richard P. Albertine, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellee.

PATTERSON, Judge.

The State appeals from an order suppressing evidence of a firearm and cocaine found in Keith Snead's vehicle after a traffic stop. The trial court determined the stop was pretextual. We reverse.

In determining the validity of a traffic stop, the United States Supreme Court in Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 116 S.Ct. 1769, 135 L.Ed.2d 89 (1996), held that an objective test is to be applied, thereby...

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