Case Name: Curtis SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-05-23
Citations: 561 So. 2d 1278
Docket Number: No. 87-03406
Parties: Curtis SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and LEHAN and FRANK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 561
Pages: 1278–1278

Head Matter:
Curtis SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-03406.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
May 23, 1990.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Phil Patterson, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corees, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse defendant's convictions for carrying a concealed firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. We conclude that the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress the firearm which was found during a search after an improper stop.
There was no proper basis to stop defendant for loitering, see B.A.A. v. State, 356 So.2d 304, 306 (Fla.1978), or for defendant in a high crime area walking away from an officer with a hand in his pocket, see State v. Thomas, 559 So.2d 463 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990).
Reversed and remanded with the direction to enter a judgment of acquittal on the foregoing charges.
SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and LEHAN and FRANK, JJ., concur.