ELDRIDGE v. STATE

No. 5D01-2256.

817 So.2d 884 (2002)

Gregg ELDRIDGE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Barbara C. Davis, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison Leigh Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


SAWAYA, J.

Gregg Eldridge appeals the order denying his motion to suppress. He entered a no contest plea to possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana after the State agreed that the ruling on the suppression motion was dispositive. Eldridge argues that the cannabis was discovered in his vehicle pursuant to an illegal detention and thus should have been suppressed. We agree and reverse.

The evidence and testimony presented at the suppression hearing revealed...

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