Case Name: Nicholas Anthony GROMAK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-10-09
Citations: 497 So. 2d 896
Docket Number: No. 85-1576
Parties: Nicholas Anthony GROMAK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH and ORFINGER, JJ„ concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 497
Pages: 896–897

Head Matter:
Nicholas Anthony GROMAK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-1576.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Oct. 9, 1986.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 19, 1986.
V. Rand Saltsgaver, Orlando, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Kevin Kitpatrick Carson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
COBB, Judge.
Appellant raises a number of points on appeal, only one of which we reach because it clearly warrants a reversal. The facts of this case are closely akin to those found in the Eleventh Circuit case of U.S. v. Thompson, 712 F.2d 1356 (11th Cir.1983), where an initial Terry stop of the defendant was held invalid. We find the ruling in Thompson persuasive and hold that the initial stop of appellant in the present case was also invalid. Thus, the subsequent searches and seizures were without a proper basis. As it was stipulated that these were dispos-itive, the convictions on both counts are reversed and appellant is ordered to be discharged.
REVERSED.
DAUKSCH and ORFINGER, JJ" concur.
. Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968).