Callahan v. State

In these consolidated direct criminal appeals, appellants challenge the denial of their motions to suppress evidence found as a result of the stop and search of their car. We agree that the deputy who stopped the car lacked a founded suspicion of criminal activity and that, therefore, the motions to suppress should have been granted. Accordingly, we reverse.

Deputy Gainer of the Gulf County Sheriffs Office, who had “quite a bit of experience in investigating drug cases,” was contacted by a reliable confidential informant. The informant told him that a “black Nissan four-door occupied by two…