MUSALLAM v. STATE

No. 2D12-4145.

133 So.3d 568 (2014)

Mike Naim MUSALLAM, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and Pamela H. Izakowitz , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Cerese Crawford Taylor , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

When Mike Musallam pleaded no contest to charges of felon in possession of a firearm, § 790.23(a), Fla. Stat. (2011), and possession of a concealed weapon, § 790.01(2), he reserved for appeal the denial of his dispositive motion to suppress the handgun from which the charges stemmed. We conclude that law enforcement's discovery of the gun was the fruit of an illegal detention. Therefore, we reverse Musallam's convictions and remand with...

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