Shaw v. State

PATTERSON, Chief Judge.

Bernard Shaw appeals from his judgment and sentence for possession of cocaine. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress cocaine found as a result of an illegal search and seizure. We agree and reverse.

The record shows that on April 18, 1999, while on routine patrol, two officers saw Shaw and another man sitting in a car which was legally parked in the parking lot of a bar. A third man was leaning into the driver’s side window. The officers, who were in uniform and in a marked patrol car, pulled up behind Shaw’s car. The officers did not see…