THOMAS v. STATE

No. 1D11-6156.

127 So.3d 658 (2013)

James L. THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara S. Sanders , Sanders and Duncan, P.A., Apalachicola, and Michael J. Titus , Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate , Meredith Hinshelwood , Donna Gerace , and Brooke Poland , Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


BENTON, J.

James L. Thomas appeals convictions and sentences for sexual battery and petit theft, contending that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and article I, section 12 of the Florida Constitution, was introduced against him at trial.1 We reverse and remand for a new trial.

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