Rozier v. State, 77-2639
| Decision Date | 20 February 1979 |
| Docket Number | No. 77-2639,77-2639 |
| Citation | 368 So.2d 379 |
| Parties | Joe Nathan ROZIER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Paul Morris, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Margarita Esquiroz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before PEARSON, KEHOE and SCHWARTZ, JJ.
Rozier appeals his conviction for the possession of controlled substance paraphernalia. He pled nolo contendere below, reserving the right to challenge the court's denial of his motion to suppress the paraphernalia a hypodermic needle and bottle cap "cooker" which had been secured by a search of his person after an arrest on an outstanding bench warrant. We hold that the motion to suppress should have been granted because the police officers' initial stop of the defendant, which resulted in the arrest, was based on no more than a "bare suspicion of illegal activity" rather than the "founded" or "reasonable" suspicion constitutionally required to support it. Mullins v. State, 366 So.2d 1162 (Fla.1978), and cases cited; Parker v. State, 363 So.2d 383 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); Jackson v. State, 319 So.2d 617 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975), cf. State v. Brooks, 281 So.2d 55, 56 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973) (). The judgment below is therefore reversed and the cause remanded with directions to grant the motion to suppress.
Reversed and remanded.
I think that the facts of this case come properly within the law and reasoning set forth in Wigfall v. State, 323 So.2d 587 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975). As to the principles involved, see State v. Ecker, 311 So.2d 104 (Fla.1975).
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