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J.R. v. STATE

No. 4D13-2941.

149 So.3d 1196 (2014)

J.R., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Jonathan Dodson , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Luke R. Napodano , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

TAYLOR, J.

J.R., a child, appeals the trial court's order finding him guilty of possession of marijuana, after denying his motion to suppress. We reverse, because the evidence was obtained as a result of an unlawful stop and detention for truancy.

J.R. was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, less than twenty grams. He filed a motion to suppress the marijuana that the officer seized from his pocket after frisking him and the statements the officer...

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