Case Name: Juan ANTELA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-11-03
Citations: 514 So. 2d 423
Docket Number: No. 86-1264
Parties: Juan ANTELA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 514
Pages: 423–424

Head Matter:
Juan ANTELA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 86-1264.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 3, 1987.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Bruce Rosenthal, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Fariba Komeily, Asst. Atty. Gen., for ap-pellee.
Before HUBBART, BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
BASKIN, Judge.
After pleading nolo contendere to the charge of possession of cocaine, and reserving his right to appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress, defendant Juan Albert Antela filed his appeal. We reverse.
According to the police officer's testimony at the suppression hearing, Antela and others were observed standing in front of a convenience store at which several robberies had recently occurred. When Antela noticed the officer in a marked police car, he left on his bicycle. The officer stopped Antela approximately two blocks from the store. After ascertaining that there was a warrant for Antela's arrest, the police offi cer arrested him, conducted a search, and found cocaine in Antela's pocket.
The described circumstances "were clearly insufficient to give rise to anything more than a bare suspicion" of criminal behavior. Mullins v. State, 366 So.2d 1162, 1163 (Fla.1978); see Cobb v. State, 511 So.2d 698, 12 F.L.W. 2033 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987); Parker v. State, 363 So.2d 383 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); Vollmer v. State, 337 So.2d 1024 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976), cert. dismissed, 347 So.2d 432 (Fla.1977). Thus, the officer lacked sufficient grounds to stop Antela, and the trial court erred in denying the motion to suppress.
Reversed.
HUBBART, J., concurs.