Calloway v. State

Glover Fred Calloway appeals an order denying his dispositive motion to suppress, entered prior to his plea of nolo contende-re to charges of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and possession of twenty grams or less of cannabis. Finding that the motion to suppress should have been granted, we reverse.

Law enforcement received an anonymous tip that Calloway was involved in unspecified “drug activity” at his residence at a certain address in the City of Orlando, in Orange County, Florida. Orlando Police Department officers properly recognized that the tip, standing alone, would not…