Case Name: Hasan N. ABDULLAH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-12-14
Citations: 745 So. 2d 582
Docket Number: No. 98-4558
Parties: Hasan N. ABDULLAH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BARFIELD, C.J., and ERVIN and WOLF, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 745
Pages: 582–582

Head Matter:
Hasan N. ABDULLAH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-4558.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 14, 1999.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Terri Leon-Benner, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the trial court's order denying appellant's motion to suppress the bag of cannabis, which he threw into a tree as he fled the police, under the theory of abandonment. See California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621, 111 S.Ct. 1547, 113 L.Ed.2d 690 (1991); Perez v. State, 620 So.2d 1256 (Fla.1993); State v. Bartee, 623 So.2d 458 (Fla.1993). Although appellant may have been illegally stopped and thereafter seized as a result of his initial submission to police authority, the seizure was terminated once he ran from the police. Therefore, the bag he threw while fleeing was not discarded at the time appellant was "seized" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. See Johnson v. State, 689 So.2d 376 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). Compare Hollinger v. State, 620 So.2d 1242 (Fla.1993).
AFFIRMED.
BARFIELD, C.J., and ERVIN and WOLF, JJ., CONCUR.