Ward v. State

453 So.2d 517 (1984)

Jerry Maurice WARD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 84-665.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 1, 1984.

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and Michael E. Raiden, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Katherine V. Blanco, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

OTT, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of grand theft. We find that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress the stolen items as the product of an unlawful stop and remand to the trial court.

In a pretrial motion, defendant moved to…