Case Name: Leroy WATSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-06-07
Citations: 562 So. 2d 415
Docket Number: No. 90-181
Parties: Leroy WATSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: JOANOS, WIGGINTON and ZEHMER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 562
Pages: 415–415

Head Matter:
Leroy WATSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-181.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 7, 1990.
Louis 0. Frost, Jr., Public Defender and James T. Miller, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Amelia L. Beisner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court erred in denying Watson's motion to suppress. The facts in this record fail to demonstrate that the police officers had a founded, reasonable suspicion that Watson had committed, was committing, or was about to commit a criminal violation at the time they detained and searched him. The articulated "suspicion" that Watson may have' stolen the radio he had been seen carrying amounts to nothing more than speculation on this record. As the detention and search was not made in conformance with the requirements of section 901.151, Florida Statutes (1989), e.g., Mosley v. State, 519 So.2d 58 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988), the conviction is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to discharge Watson.
JOANOS, WIGGINTON and ZEHMER, JJ., concur.