COPELAND v. STATE

No. 97-2888.

717 So.2d 83 (1998)

Ronald Curley COPELAND, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen P. Gifford, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; L. Michael Billmeier, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant, Ronald Curley Copeland, Jr., seeks review of his judgment of conviction and sentence for possession of marijuana and violation of probation, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence. Because the evidence was obtained as a result of an invalid frisk, we reverse.

Testimony offered at the suppression hearing revealed that two deputy sheriffs of the Escambia County Sheriff's Office were patrolling a...

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