RINEHART v. STATE

No. 2D99-4642.

778 So.2d 331 (2000)

Timothy A. RINEHART, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Joan Fowler, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wendy Buffington, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


CASANUEVA, Judge.

Timothy A. Rinehart appeals from his judgment and sentence for possession of cocaine, asserting that the trial court erred by denying his dispositive motion to suppress. Based upon his meritorious contention that he was illegally detained, we reverse.

At approximately 4:30 a.m. on April 5, 1998, a Lee County deputy sheriff observed Mr. Rinehart and a young woman entering a parked vehicle. The car was parked to the right of a building that...

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