Baggett v. State

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT HEATH BAGGETT, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellee. ) ) ________________________________ ) CASE NO. 2D01-2291 Opinion filed July 18, 2003. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County; Randall G. McDonald, Judge. James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Douglas S. Connor, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard M. Fishkin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. SILBERMAN, Judge. Heath Baggett appeals his judgment and sentences for burglary of a dwelling and grand theft and contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence. We agree and reverse because the evidence was obtained as the result of an illegal detention.

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