STATE v. WELCH

Case No. 2D17-4520.

279 So.3d 832 (2019)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Ricky Don WELCH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed September 20, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katie Salemi Ashby , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and Carly J. Robbins-Gilbert , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


The State appeals from an order granting Ricky Don Welch's motion to suppress evidence seized after Mr. Welch was discovered unresponsive behind the wheel of his car. In granting the motion, the trial court reasoned that the officer had "no articulable, reasonable, particularized basis to believe that the defendant in this case was...

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