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C.A.M. v. STATE

No. 4D00-2970.

819 So.2d 802 (2001)

C.A.M., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, Margaret Good-Earnest and Samuel A. Walker, Assistant Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Donna L. Eng, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

FARMER, J.

Charged with possession of marijuana, this juvenile defendant moved to suppress the evidence. He argued that the police officer detaining him had neither probable cause nor any lesser basis to search or seize him. We agree.

The background events are not complicated. Police were looking for a violent adult offender and received a tip that he would be in a certain area in a "Mustang-type" white convertible automobile with a tan top. A Sebring...

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