State v. Alexander

The state challenges an order granting a motion to suppress evidence seized following a traffic stop. We affirm.

The appellee was charged with possession of cocaine after the ear in which he was riding as a passenger was stopped. Appellee moved to suppress the fruits of the search arguing the stop was pretextual and that the taint of this illegality had not been cured by the time the contraband was discovered. Following an evidentiary hearing, the lower court granted the motion to suppress citing Kehoe v. State, 521 So.2d 1094 (Fla.1988), and State v. Eubanks, 609 So.2d 107 (Fla. 4th DCA1992).

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