Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2006

State v. Conde

State v. Conde
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 8, 2006 · Hazouri, Klein, Warner
924 So. 2d 897; 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 3296; 2006 WL 544503 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Conde

Opinion of the Court

KLEIN, J.

This is an appeal from anβ€˜ order suppressing cocaine which the defendant dropped while running from the police. Although the police did not have reasonable suspicion to stop the defendant, there is no evidence to support the only basis for suppression, that the illegal stop occurred before the drop. Because the stop did not occur until the police caught up with defendant, after he dropped the cocaine, the seizure of the cocaine was lawful. California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621, 111 S.Ct. 1547, 113 L.Ed.2d 690 (1991); Johnson v. State, 640 So.2d 136 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994).

Reversed.

WARNER and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.

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