STATE v. R.H.

No. 4D03-4621.

900 So.2d 689 (2005)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. R.H., a Child, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Alan T. Lipson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, J.

This appeal arises from a non-final order suppressing physical evidence. We reverse the order on the basis that the police officers' initial contact with R.H. was a consensual citizen encounter, not a stop, and R.H. consented to the subsequent search.

R.H. was charged by Delinquency Petition with possession of cocaine, in violation of sections 893.03(2)(a)(4) and 893.13(6)(a), Florida Statutes, and with unlawful use of a false name or identity, in...

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