State v. Laina

The State of Florida timely appeals an order granting Manuel Luis Lama’s (“Ap-pellee”) motion to suppress, contending that “[t]he trial court erred in granting Appellee’s Motion to suppress [as] the officer had sufficient reasonable suspicion with which to conduct a traffic stop [since] [t]he officer knew that the registered owner of the car had a suspended license, and conducted a traffic stop to investigate.” We agree, and reverse.

On December 28, 2013, a little after midnight, Officer Daniel Bruns of the Orlando Police Department was driving behind a black Hyundai SUV bearing license plate…