Obas v. State

935 So.2d 38 (2006)

Phillip OBAS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4D05-1088.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 12, 2006.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 2006.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Hyndman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

KLEIN, J.

Defendant was convicted of tampering with evidence because, as an officer was about to stop defendant, who was on a bicycle, defendant opened a container,…