Black v. State

THREADGILL, Acting Chief Judge.

Leonard Black pleaded nolo contendere to possession of cocaine in violation of section 893.13(6)(a), Florida Statutes (1991), reserving his right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his dispositive motion to suppress. He was sentenced within the guidelines to two and one-half years’ probation. We reverse because the seizure of the cocaine was the product of an illegal stop.

At approximately 8:00 p.m. on February 12, 1993, two uniformed tactical police officers stopped in their unmarked vehicle to talk to the appellant whom they had noticed thirty to forty-five…