STATE v. BATTLE

Case No. 2D16-640, 2D16-1541.

232 So.3d 493 (2017)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. James BATTLE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Donna S. Koch , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and Tosha Cohen , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


The circuit court granted James Battle's dispositive pretrial motion to suppress in two related cases. Because the vehicle Mr. Battle was driving had indeed been parked illegally, the stop and search of his vehicle was valid, and we are compelled to reverse the circuit court's ruling.

The facts underlying the State's appeal...

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