PHILLIPS v. STATE

No. 96-03215.

707 So.2d 774 (1998)

Willie PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Joanna B. Conner, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine V. Blanco, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PARKER, Chief Judge.

Willie Phillips appeals the order adjudicating him guilty of possession of cocaine and resisting an officer without violence, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his dispositive motion to suppress evidence. We agree and reverse.

Phillips' involvement with police officers began as a consensual encounter. There is no dispute that Officer Musante requested permission to search Phillips...

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