Bush v. State

Appellant Michael Bush appeals from a conviction and sentence for trafficking in cocaine. Bush argues that his motion to suppress evidence should have been granted because the stop of the vehicle in which he was a passenger was not based on a reasonable suspicion that he was committing, or was about to commit a crime. We agree and reverse.

The encounter in the present case began with a Metropolitan Dade County Police officer who was conducting routine surveil*794lance in the Dadeland Mall parking lot. Dadeland Mall is a large shopping center and the surveillance occurred at about 7 p.m., during…