BAGGETT v. STATE

No. 2D01-2291.

849 So.2d 1154 (2003)

Heath BAGGETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Douglas S. Connor, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard M. Fishkin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


SILBERMAN, Judge.

Heath Baggett appeals his judgment and sentences for burglary of a dwelling and grand theft and contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence. We agree and reverse because the evidence was obtained as the result of an illegal detention.

Troy Young, a police officer in Lakeland, testified at the suppression hearing. On October 14, 2000, while he was assisting another officer in a traffic stop, an unidentified...

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