GESTEWITZ v. STATE

No. 4D08-3647.

34 So.3d 832 (2010)

Drew GESTEWITZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Gary Lee Caldwell, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Y. McIntire, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HAZOURI, J.

Drew G. Gestewitz was charged with and convicted of possession of a controlled substance (Xanax) and escape. We reverse both convictions because those charges arose from conduct that took place after the police unlawfully detained Gestewitz for the purpose of issuing him a trespass warning.

On the eve of the 2007 Super Bowl, Gestewitz attended Sharky's Bar & Billiards in Sebastian, Florida. After an argument between Gestewitz and a bartender...

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