STATE v. AMATO

No. 81-800.

408 So.2d 775 (1982)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Mark AMATO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Peter A. Proly of the Law Offices of Riley & Proly, Port Richey, for appellee.


GRIMES, Judge.

The state appeals from an order suppressing appellee's confession and certain tangible evidence on the ground that appellee and a co-defendant were unreasonably detained following a lawful stop. In the order of suppression, the court made the following findings:

1. That at about 4:00 A.M. on 21 November, 1980 Trooper R. Hurst, Florida Highway Patrol, made a lawful traffic stop of the automobile driven by Defendant, MARK AMATO, and also occupied...

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