R.H. v. State

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

R.H. pled nolo to possession of cocaine, reserving the right to review of the denial of his motion to suppress the contraband. We reverse the consequent adjudication of delinquency because the motion should have been granted.

R.H. was the right-front seat passenger in a vehicle stopped by a Metro-Dade police officer, Edward Orenstein, ostensibly for “rolling through” a stop sign, after the officer saw the four Caucasian youths in the car speaking with an African-American man in an inner city area. The officer gave the driver a warning about the stop sign offense and a…