Legal Opinion
Musallam v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 14, 2014No. 2D12-4145PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHCUTT, Judge.
When Mike Musallam pleaded no contest to charges of felon in possession of a firearm, § 790.23(a), Fla. Stat. (2011), and possession of a concealed weapon, § 790.01(2), he reserved for appeal the denial of his dispositive motion to suppress the handgun from which the charges stemmed. We conclude that law enforcement’s discovery of the gun was the fruit of an illegal detention. Therefore, we reverse Musallam’s convictions and remand with directions to discharge him.
Musallam came to the attention of law enforcement because he and several friends were smoking cigarettes in a…
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