FAUNCE v. STATE

No. 1D04-0488.

884 So.2d 504 (2004)

Jeffrey FAUNCE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 11, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Shasta W. Kruse, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PADOVANO, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying a motion to suppress evidence seized from the defendant's truck in the course of an investigative detention. We conclude that the arresting officer did not have a reasonable suspicion to stop the truck and that the ensuing seizure of evidence was unlawful. Accordingly, we reverse.

Deputy Winston Warner of the Columbia County Sheriff's Office was patrolling a residential area...

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