VARGAS v. STATE

No. 98-00401.

737 So.2d 1206 (1999)

Adalberto C. VARGAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Cynthia J. Dodge, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene S. Parnes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


SALCINES, Judge.

Adalberto C. Vargas entered a plea and was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon. He appeals the denial of a properly reserved, dispositive motion to suppress the firearm found in his jacket pocket. We hold that the officer had no probable cause to search Vargas. Accordingly, we reverse.

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