ARMSTRONG v. STATE

No. 2D03-2656.

880 So.2d 1283 (2004)

Leroy ARMSTRONG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Tosha Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Susan M. Shanahan, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


SALCINES, Judge.

Leroy Armstrong was charged with possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. He entered a plea of no contest to the offenses, reserving his right to appeal the denial of his dispositive motion to suppress. We agree that the trial court erred in denying the motion and reverse.

Armstrong and a friend were walking down the street when a Fort Myers police officer passed by in his marked patrol car. The officer stopped his vehicle...

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