Opinion
No. 98-286
Opinion filed July 17, 1998 JULY TERM 1998
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Charles Holcomb, Judge.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Roberta J. Tylke, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Alan H. Landman, Melbourne, for Appellee.
The state appeals an order suppressing evidence. We affirm. Although the traffic stop was valid, the K-9 drug sniff was conducted after the traffic citation had been issued. The stop was unreasonably delayed, and there was no reasonable suspicion based on articulable facts that criminal activity was afoot. See Cresswell v. State, 564 So.2d 480 (Fla. 1990); State v. Brown, 691 So.2d 637 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997); McNeil v. State, 656 So.2d 1320 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).
AFFIRMED.
PETERSON, THOMPSON, J.J., and ORFINGER, M., Senior Judge, concur.