LUGO v. STATE

No. 5D03-4084.

889 So.2d 949 (2004)

Joseph LUGO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Allison Havens, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Judy Taylor Rush, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


ORFINGER, J.

After reserving the right to appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress, Joseph Lugo pled no contest to possession of a controlled substance. He contends that the court should have suppressed the evidence discovered following an illegal detention. We agree, and remand with directions to discharge Lugo.

During a crowded special event in Daytona Beach, Lugo was walking with a group of men on the sidewalk along Highway A1A while Officer...

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