HANKERSON v. STATE

No. 4D08-3055.

32 So.3d 175 (2010)

Anthony L. HANKERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 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 Mark J. Hamel, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

Defendant appeals a conviction for possession of cocaine for sale. We agree the trial court should have granted his motion to suppress evidence obtained in an invalid search.

Two officers, Lucas and Schmidt, were involved in the search and seizure of defendant. Lucas heard that a certain address was a problem area in the community. Residents at homeowners meetings, along with reports from confidential informants, gave Lucas to believe that people...

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