G.J.P. v. State

SCHOONOVEK, Acting Chief Judge.

By this appeal, appellant, G.J.P., a child, challenges a trial court order denying a motion to suppress certain evidence seized from him. Upon the denial of his motion, appellant pled nolo contendere to a misdemeanor charge of possession of a controlled substance and reserved his right to appeal the court’s order. The court accepted appellant’s plea, withheld adjudication of guilt, and placed appellant into the juvenile alternative services program. We find the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to suppress and, accordingly, reverse.

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