McCLOUD v. STATE

No. 2D99-4275.

787 So.2d 218 (2001)

Andre McCLOUD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Allyn M. Giambalvo, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Andre McCloud pleaded no contest to possession of cocaine with intent to sell, reserving his right to appeal the denial of his dispositive motion to suppress the drugs. We reverse. Because law enforcement did not have probable cause to search McCloud, the cocaine discovered in the illegal search should have been suppressed.

At the suppression hearing, an undercover Tampa police officer testified he was investigating street-level narcotics...

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