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Editor: Will Hanlon & Charlie Lambert
Profession: Tampa Defense Attorneys

Category: Criminal Law

CASE #06-CM-011327; Judge Margaret Courtney; Date: July 27, 2006

FACTS: Police conducted a traffic stop on the defendant and arrested him for Driving While License Suspended. The defendant's vehicle was searched incident to arrest, and a bag of marijuana was found on the passenger seat of the vehicle.

DEFENSE: After investigation it was determined that the defendant's license was not in fact suspended at the time of the stop. In addition, the State was unable to produce any evidence of the marijuana due to the way it was collected by the police officer.

RESULT: All the defendant's charges were dropped.