Lawal v. State

QUINCE, Judge.

Taored Lawal appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized during the search of his vehicle. We reverse because the officers did not have probable cause to arrest Lawal or to search the vehicle.

Tampa police officers Gary Russ and Kennedy Norris arrested an informant for possession of marijuana, and he agreed to cooperate with police. The informant called an unknown individual and said he needed “two of those.” He told the officers to go to a grocery store at 30th Street and Bougainvillea and wait for a vehicle to pull up next to them. They were to…