Hunter v. State

In challenging his convictions for possession of cocaine and resisting without violence, appellant claims that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress and motion for judgment of acquittal, which were both based upon his contention that the officers who stopped him lacked reasonable suspicion of a crime. We agree that the totality of the circumstances did not amount to reasonable suspicion that a criminal act had occurred or was about to occur. We reverse.

At the suppression hearing two officers with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department testified that they were working a…