STATE v. MOORE

No. 1D00-3812.

791 So.2d 1246 (2001)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Tommy Perry MOORE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Thomas H. Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert Augustus Harper and Jason Michael Savitz of Robert Augustus Harper Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.


BARFIELD, J.

The state appeals the trial court's order suppressing drugs and appellee's statements, both of which were obtained as the result of the stop by police of appellee's vehicle. Concluding that the trial court may have based its suppression ruling on a misunderstanding of the law governing the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable seizures, we reverse the order and remand for factual findings.

In reviewing an order on a motion to suppress...

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