TACKETT v. STATE

No. 99-232.

745 So.2d 477 (1999)

Lloyd TACKETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Leonard R. Ross, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Roark Wall, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


ANTOON, C.J.

Lloyd Tackett appeals his conviction for trafficking in cocaine1 arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress. Mr. Tackett maintains that he was subjected to an illegal stop and search. The evidence submitted during the suppression hearing demonstrated that Mr. Tackett was pulled over on the highway after the arresting officer observed that his tail lamp was inoperable. From the testimony presented...

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