Case Name: Maurice Lenard FLORENCE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-03-19
Citations: 670 So. 2d 135
Docket Number: No. 95-136
Parties: Maurice Lenard FLORENCE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: JOANOS, WOLF and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 670
Pages: 135–136

Head Matter:
Maurice Lenard FLORENCE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-136.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 19, 1996.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Kathleen Stover, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Douglas Gurnic, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Maurice Lenard Florence and two other codefendants were charged in the same information with attempted armed robbery with a firearm. Florence and one of his codefend-ants, Nelson Sanders, filed nearly identical motions to suppress, which were denied after a hearing. Sanders entered a plea reserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. Florence went to trial and was convicted as charged. In separate appeals, both men challenged the denial of their motions to suppress. In Sanders v. State, 666 So.2d 1035 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996), this court ruled that it was error to deny the motion to suppress, reversed Sanders' conviction and remanded with directions that he be discharged. This appeal is controlled by our decision in Sanders. Accordingly, we conclude that it was error to deny the suppression motion here and we reverse.
Thus, Florence's conviction is REVERSED and the cause is REMANDED for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
JOANOS, WOLF and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.