STATE v. PROCTOR

No. 5D12-3206.

161 So.3d 409 (2014)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Richard Anthony PROCTOR, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wesley Heidt , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Anne Moorman Reeves , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


The State of Florida appeals the trial court's order granting Richard Anthony Proctor's motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop. The State argues the trial court erred as a matter of law when it required the State to prove that the traffic stop was not pretextual. We agree and reverse.

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