Berard v. State

Berard appeals the withheld adjudication and sentence of two years’ probation rendered pursuant to his plea of no contest to possession of cocaine and paraphernalia. Berard specifically challenges the denial of his properly preserved, dispositive motion to suppress. We reverse.

This case is another in a line of cases before this court involving a stop and ensuing drug arrest arising out of the surveillance of a suspected drug house. See Revels v. State, 666 So.2d 213 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); Burnette v. State, 658 So.2d 1170 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); Saadi v. State, 658 So.2d 112 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995);…