CLIFFORD v. STATE

No. 98-04040.

750 So.2d 92 (1999)

Matthew CLIFFORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and William L. Sharwell, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah F. Hogge, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

Matthew Clifford appeals his judgment and sentence for possession of cocaine.1 We reverse because there was no probable cause supporting his stop.

The Highlands County Sheriff's Department received a telephone call on September 3, 1997, from a known confidential informant whose information had been used and found reliable on approximately twelve prior occasions. The informant said that Mr. Clifford would leave...

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