FINDLEY v. STATE

No. 2D99-2247.

771 So.2d 1235 (2000)

Alton Glen FINDLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Bruce P. Taylor, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


DANAHY, PAUL W., (Senior) Judge.

Alton Glen Findley challenges his convictions and sentences for possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress where he was illegally detained and his subsequent consent to search was not freely and voluntarily given. We agree, and we reverse and remand with instructions to the trial court to grant Findley's motion to suppress.

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