WHITFIELD v. STATE

No. 5D08-3360.

33 So.3d 787 (2010)

Houston WHITFIELD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Allison A. Havens, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann M. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


GRIFFIN, J.

Houston Whitfield ["Whitfield"] appeals his judgment and sentence for trafficking in over twenty-eight grams of cocaine. He pled nolo contendere to the charge, reserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress evidence of the cocaine seized during the search of an automobile. Whitfield contends that the cocaine was discovered in his vehicle pursuant to an illegal detention, and thus should have been suppressed. We agree and reverse.

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