BROOKS v. STATE

Nos. 98-3855, 98-3912.

745 So.2d 1113 (1999)

Georgia M. BROOKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Charles E. Roberts, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, David P. Gauldin, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellants.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Terri Leon-Benner, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellees.


ERVIN, J.

In these two consolidated appeals, appellants, Georgia M. Brooks and Charles E. Roberts, contend that the trial court erred in denying their motion to suppress evidence which was seized as a result of an unlawful stop. We agree and therefore reverse and remand with directions to discharge appellants.

The state maintained below that Officer Bates approached appellants' vehicle, which had pulled off the side of the road to change drivers, in a consensual...

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