State v. Hankerson

The State seeks review of Hankerson v. State, 32 So.3d 175 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed Anthony L. Hankerson’s conviction for possession of cocaine for sale, holding that the trial court should have granted Hankerson’s motion to suppress evidence obtained from a search undertaken without probable cause. In its decision, the Fourth District refused to consider the State’s argument on appeal that the evidence was legally discovered following a proper investigatory stop because the theory had not been raised in the trial court. The Fourth District’s…