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STATE v. SMITH

No. 2D01-2138.

850 So.2d 565 (2003)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Shannon D. SMITH a/k/a Benjamin D. Smith, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Richard P. Albertine, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.

DAVIS, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court order granting Smith's motion to suppress a baggie of cocaine found on the ground where he allegedly dropped it while fleeing police. We reverse.

It was revealed at the suppression hearing that Officer Vasquez and three other officers, all wearing raid gear, arrived in a high drug area in separate unmarked cars. As the officers pulled up near Smith, he turned and looked at them. Officer Vasquez said that Smith...

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