E.M. v. State

WELLS, Judge.

E.M. appeals from a delinquency adjudication which for the following reasons we reverse and remand for a new trial.

E.M. was charged with possession of marijuana. At the adjudicatory hearing, Miami Police Sergeant Misrael Reyes, Supervisor of the Little Havana Problem Solving Team, described his encounter with E.M. as follows:

[SGT. REYES]: I was driving southbound on Southwest Ten Avenue, about Third Street, and that’s what we call a hot area, hot spots for narcotics. Southwest Ten Avenue and Fourth Street—

[DEFENSE COUNSEL]: Objection, relevance. Move to strike.

JUDGE PRESCOTT:…