BROWN v. STATE

No. 98-01569.

744 So.2d 1149 (1999)

Theron K. BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John C. Fisher, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

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


PARKER, Acting Chief Judge.

Theron K. Brown (Brown) appeals the final judgment wherein he pleaded nolo contendere to the possession of cocaine, after reserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. We reverse because we agree with Brown that the narcotics were the fruit of an illegal detention.

The following facts were presented at the hearing on the motion to suppress. At 6:30 p.m., three uniformed officers in an unmarked vehicle parked...

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