Rhoden v. State

SALCINES, Judge.

Michael Rhoden entered a plea of nolo contendere to the charges of resisting law enforcement officers without violence, possession of cocaine with intent to sell, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He reserved the right to appeal the denial of his dispositive motion to suppress. In the motion, Rhoden argued that the law enforcement officers lacked reasonable suspicion to conduct a “Terry Stop”1 and lacked probable cause to detain him. We reverse.

An evidentiary hearing on the motion to suppress was conducted. Testimony was presented that four “task force members” of the…