Opinion
No. 90-1365.
February 6, 1991.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County; Robert B. Carney, Judge.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Mallorye Cunningham, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sylvia Alonso, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
AFFIRMED.
HERSEY, C.J., and GLICKSTEIN, J., concur.
STONE, J., dissents with opinion.
In my judgment, the state failed to meet its burden to demonstrate why appellant's vehicle was stopped by the police. Therefore, I would reverse the order denying appellant's motion to suppress. It cannot be determined from this record that the stop was valid, notwithstanding the subsequent discovery of an improper tag display that might have served as a basis for a valid stop.