YANES v. STATE

No. 5D03-2479.

877 So.2d 25 (2004)

Alejandro YANES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Anne Moorman Reeves, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anthony J. Golden, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


TORPY, J.

After his Motion to Suppress was denied, Appellant pled guilty to trafficking in the cocaine found in his vehicle. He contends that a deputy sheriff improperly stopped his vehicle, improperly detained him after the stop, and that the ensuing search of his vehicle was tainted by the improper stop and detention. We disagree and affirm.

The deputy sheriff, while patrolling the Florida Turnpike, observed Appellant cross the "fog line"

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