STATE v. MAXWELL

No. 3D17-1597.

245 So.3d 994 (2018)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Curtis MAXWELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed May 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General and David Llanes , Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender and Howard K. Blumberg , Special Assistant Public Defender, and Yamila Lorenzo and Shannon McGee , Certified Legal Interns, for appellee.

Before ROTHENBERG, C.J., and SALTER and SCALES, JJ.


The State of Florida appeals a circuit court order (the "Suppression Order") granting a motion to suppress physical evidence on the basis of an unlawful pat-down search of the appellee, Curtis Maxwell. We reverse.

I. The Record — Detention, Pat-Down Search, and Arrest

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