RACHEL v. STATE

No. 4D07-4378.

987 So.2d 1281 (2008)

Cedric L. RACHEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Peggy Natale, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, J.

Appellant, Cedric L. Rachel, pled no contest to charges of possession of cocaine, oxycodone pills and marijuana, reserving the right to appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress the evidence. On appeal, Rachel argues the motion to suppress should have been granted, as the evidence was obtained subsequent to an illegal seizure that was not supported by the well-founded suspicion necessary to justify a detention. We find merit in Rachel's argument...

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