State v. Outler

This is an appeal from an order suppressing marijuana found in the defendant’s, Kenneth James Outler, automobile after a stop, on the ground law enforcement lacked reasonable articulable suspicion to make the stop under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and its Florida counterpart, Article I, section 12 of the Florida Constitution. 1 Upon de novo review, we conclude the trial court erred in reaching its judgment and, therefore, reverse the order on appeal.

This case arises out of an investigatory stop. In order not to violate a citizen’s Fourth Amendment rights, an…