Opinion
Case No. 8:11-cr-287-T-24-MAP.
September 30, 2011
ORDER
This cause comes before the Court on Defendant's Motion to Suppress Any and All Physical Evidence and/or Statements and Incorporated Memorandum of Law (Doc. No. 24). The Government filed a response in opposition (Doc. No. 38). On September 30, 2011, the Court conducted an evidentiary hearing. At the hearing, the Court heard from witnesses including the Tampa Police Department Officers who arrested the Defendant on March 25, 2011. For the reasons stated in court, the Court finds that the officers had a reasonable, articulable suspicion of criminal activity such that they could detain Wallace for investigatory purposes. In addition, the officers had probable cause to arrest Wallace after finding the sawed off shotguns, one under the car he was driving and one in plain view within the car. Defendant's Motion to Suppress (Doc. No. 24) is DENIED.
DONE AND ORDERED at Tampa, Florida.