Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Steven H. SANDERS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-17
Citations: 712 So. 2d 851
Docket Number: No. 98-286
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Steven H. SANDERS, Appellee.
Judges: PETERSON and THOMPSON, JJ., and ORFINGER, M., Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 712
Pages: 851–851

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Steven H. SANDERS, Appellee.
No. 98-286.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
July 17, 1998.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Roberta J. Tylke, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Alan H. Landman, Melbourne, for Appel-lee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The state appeals an order suppressing evidence. We affirm. Although the traffic stop was valid, the K-9 drug sniff was conducted after the traffic citation had been issued. The stop was unreasonably delayed, and there was no reasonable suspicion based on articulable facts that criminal activity was afoot. See Cresswell v. State, 564 So.2d 480 (Fla.1990); State v. Brown, 691 So.2d 637 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997); McNeil v. State, 656 So.2d 1320 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).
AFFIRMED.
PETERSON and THOMPSON, JJ., and ORFINGER, M., Senior Judge, concur.