THOMAS v. STATE

No. 2D13-488.

144 So.3d 660 (2014)

Wilburn THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 8, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and William L. Sharwell , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

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


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Wilburn Thomas pleaded no contest to possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia and to resisting an officer without violence, reserving his right to appeal the denial of his dispositive motion to suppress evidence. We reverse because the evidence was obtained during an illegal traffic stop.

Late one evening, two Haines City police officers sitting in an unmarked vehicle noticed a car sitting with its parking lights on behind a business...

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