R.A.S. v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

The State filed a petition asserting that R.A.S. was a delinquent child based on his possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. R.A.S. moved to suppress the incriminating evidence, but the court denied the motion. He then pleaded no contest to the charges, reserving his right to appeal the court’s ruling on the dispositive suppression issue. We reverse and remand for entry of a judgment of dismissal.

The delinquency allegation stemmed from R.A.S.’s encounter with a Hillsbor-ough County sheriffs deputy who was driving around R.A.S.’s neighborhood looking for him because he…