McKinley v. State

Johnson, Judge.

Derek McKinley appeals from his conviction of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. McKinley contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence of the cocaine because the police seized it after unlawfully stopping him without reasonable suspicion.

Police investigators Joseph Autrey and Billy Sullivan, who found the cocaine, testified at the motion to suppress hearing that they received an anonymous telephone tip that four black males in a white Chevrolet Lumina van with Hillsborough County, Florida, license plates were attempting to sell…