Chi v. State

Chi was convicted upon his nolo contendere plea in which he preserved his right to appeal the concededly dispositive issue of the propriety of the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress marijuana found in a search of a fishing boat owned *671and operated by him. We reverse his convictions upon a holding that (1) there was no evidence giving rise to any reasonable suspicion that the defendant was engaged in illegal activity which justified a stop of the vessel, see State v. Zaira, 408 So.2d 745 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); (2) since the vessel was stopped by Customs Officers inside the coastline of…