Case Name: W.R.A., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-11-25
Citations: 497 So. 2d 1320
Docket Number: No. 85-1808
Parties: W.R.A., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 497
Pages: 1320–1321

Head Matter:
W.R.A., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-1808.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 25, 1986.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and N. Joseph Durant, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The respondent-appellant was adjudicated delinquent based on a finding that he had carried a concealed firearm. We reverse because, as the state has itself all but formally conceded, the officer's pat down of W.R.A.'s person, which revealed the weapon, was supported neither by a founded suspicion that he was involved in criminal activity, State v. Levin, 452 So.2d 562 (Fla.1984), affirming, 449 So.2d 288 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); Mullins v. State, 366 So.2d 1162 (Fla.1978), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 883, 100 S.Ct. 173, 62 L.Ed.2d 113; Hudnell v. State, 449 So.2d 930 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984), nor by a reasonable belief that he was armed. See Redfin v. State, 453 So.2d 425 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984); Baldwin v. State, 418 So.2d 1219 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982). The firearm in question should therefore have been suppressed.
Reversed.
SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON, J., concur.