F.C. v. State

LaROSE, Judge.

F.C. pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis. The trial court withheld adjudication and placed F.C, on nine months of probation. F.C. now appeals. We have jurisdiction. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.140(b)(2)(A)(i). Because the trial court erred in denying F.C.’s dispositive motion to suppress evidence, we reverse.

Factual Background

Officers Biandudi and Wyle were patrolling a Pinellas County neighborhood in a marked police car. They saw twelve-year-old F.C. and his friend, Pedro, playing in the grassy common area of their mobile home park. Officer Biandudi testified that the boys…