M.J.S. v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

In this juvenile proceeding, the appellant challenges the order placing him on community control. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress since the evidence was found as a result of an illegal search and seizure. We agree and reverse.

Larry Carr, a deputy with the Polk County Sheriffs Office, testified at the hearing that on November 25, 1991, he was driving through an apartment complex in a high drug area and saw the appellant and two other individuals standing in the street listening to music around 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. The deputy saw a car…