Hill v. State

Aaron Hill appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence. Hill argues that the trial court erred in denying his Motion to Suppress Evidence. We agree because the police conducted an investigatory stop without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, and thus Hill’s consent to a search was involuntary.

In the early morning of May 31, 2008, Officer Brian Leahy of the Key West Police Department responded to an anonymous call that a black male wearing a shirt, jeans, and nice sneakers was sitting with a nicely dressed white female and selling narcotics. Officer Leahy arrived at the location…