Beahan v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtPadovano, J.
This is an appeal from an order withholding adjudication of guilt and placing the defendant on probation for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. We conclude that the contraband items at issue should have been suppressed from evidence on the ground that they were illegally seized from the defendant’s vehicle. Accordingly, we reverse.
The charges arose from a traffic stop on the evening of September 10, 2008, on a street in front of the Milton Housing Project in Milton, Florida. Sergeant Scott Haines of the Santa Rosa County Sheriffs Office was on patrol at…
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- STATE, DEPT. OF HWY. SAFETY v. DeShongDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
- Dames v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
- Ikner v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
- State v. CarrilloDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
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