Case Name: Rodney ELLIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-10-23
Citations: 681 So. 2d 910
Docket Number: No. 95-2970
Parties: Rodney ELLIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN, POLEN and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 681
Pages: 910–911

Head Matter:
Rodney ELLIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-2970.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 23, 1996.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Paul Perillo, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Edward Giles, Assistant At torney General, West Palm Beach, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to appellant's plea of no contest to possession of cocaine, at which he reserved the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. We reverse and remand because the trial court erred in denying appellant's motion to suppress. Under the circumstances of this case, a reasonable person would not believe he was free to end the encounter with the deputy. See Popple v. State, 626 So.2d 185 (Fla.1993). Appellant was seized without a reasonable suspicion.
GLICKSTEIN, POLEN and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.