BENT v. STATE

Case No. 2D19-1920.

310 So.3d 470 (2020)

Dean BENT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed August 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and Susan M. Shanahan , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Donna S. Koch , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


When the circuit court denied Dean Bent's dispositive motion to suppress, he pleaded no contest to drug and paraphernalia possession charges and reserved his right to contest that ruling on appeal. We reverse Bent's convictions and sentences because the evidence of the offenses was the fruit of an illegal traffic stop.

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