STATE v. BELL

No. 2D08-4451.

19 So.3d 374 (2009)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Brian BELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diana K. Bock, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Kevin Briggs, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


CASANUEVA, Judge.

The State of Florida appeals the trial court's order suppressing a law enforcement officer's seizure of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. Because the facts of this case mirror Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119, 120 S.Ct. 673, 145 L.Ed.2d 570 (2000), we conclude that the deputy who stopped appellee Brian Bell did have reasonable suspicion to do so, contrary to the...

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