Panter v. State

Paul Stanley Panter pled nolo contende-re to charges of possession of a controlled substance (cocaine) and possession of drug paraphernalia (syringes, a spoon, and/or a smoking device), reserving his right to appeal the denial of his dispositive motion to suppress physical evidence and his admissions as the products of an illegal search. Because the State failed to prove that the deputy had a reasonable, well-founded, particularized suspicion of criminal activity to justify an investigatory stop, the trial court erred as a matter of law in denying the motion to suppress. See Walker v. State,…