OWENS v. STATE

No. 2D02-1799.

854 So.2d 737 (2003)

Wayne Anthony OWENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Maureen E. Surber, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene S. Parnes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


SILBERMAN, Judge.

Wayne Owens appeals his judgment and sentence for possession of cannabis and contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress. We agree and reverse.

At the suppression hearing in this case, Officer Seal testified that on August 12, 2001, he received information from a confidential informant (C.I.), not an anonymous tipster, that a black man named Wayne was standing in front of 1537 Green Street. The C.I. described Wayne...

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