Lewis v. State

Appellant, Terry Lewis, brings this appeal from the judgment entered against him after he pleaded nolo contendere to charges of possession of cocaine with intent to sell and carrying a concealed firearm by a convicted felon, expressly reserving the right to appeal from the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. We reverse.

We conclude that it constituted a stop when Lewis was ordered to step out of his automobile by Officer Skiles. Lewis’ motion to suppress should have been granted because the officers did not have a founded suspicion to stop Lewis. Rather, the officers were acting on…