STATE v. DYKES

No. 1D01-4076.

816 So.2d 179 (2002)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. William DYKES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Robert R. Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

David P. Gauldin, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The state appeals the trial court's order granting, in part, defendant William Dykes' motion to suppress. The state argues that the trial court erred in suppressing Dykes' verbal and non-verbal communications in response to police questioning after a routine traffic stop. We have jurisdiction. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.140(c)(1)(B). Despite the broad deference afforded to a trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress, we are constrained to reverse....

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