STATE v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 5D04-1216.

904 So.2d 594 (2005)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Frankie RODRIGUEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth C. King, Attorney, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Lyle Hitchens, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


THOMPSON, J.

The state appeals an order suppressing cocaine seized after law enforcement officers stopped Frankie Rodriguez for a traffic law violation. The trial court ruled Rodriguez did not violate any civil traffic infraction and his unusual driving style did not justify the stop. Concluding Rodriguez' driving provided an objectively reasonable basis for making the stop, we disagree and reverse. See Whren v. U.S., 517 U.S. 806...

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