Broxton v. State

Jerry Randell Broxton (defendant) appeals his judgment and sentence which were entered by the trial court after a jury found him guilty of committing the crime of trafficking in Oxycodone, in violation of section 893.135(l)(c) of the Florida Statutes (2007). Determining that the trial court erred by denying the defendant’s pre-trial motion to suppress, we reverse.

The defendant was charged with trafficking in Oxycodone. In a pre-trial motion to suppress, the defendant argued that all evidence seized at the time of the arrest should be suppressed because it was obtained following an unlawful…