Clemons v. State

533 So.2d 321 (1988)

James Sidney CLEMONS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 88-860.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 10, 1988.

James K. Freeland of James K. Freeland, P.A., Orlando, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and W. Brian Bayly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

COBB, Judge.

The issue is whether the defendant below, James Sidney Clemons, was entitled to suppression of evidence (cocaine) because it was the product of a pretextual stop of the vehicle he was occupying. The trial judge denied the motion to suppress…