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GEORGE McKELVIN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT January Term 2011 GEORGE McKELVIN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D09-4719 [February 16, 2011] POLEN, J. Appellant, George McKelvin, appeals the trial court?s order adjudicating him guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (Count I) and possession of cocaine (Count II). McKelvin pled no contest to the charges following the trial court?s denial of his motion to suppress. The court sentenced McKelvin to concurrent terms of three years in prison followed by two years probation on both counts. We hold that the trial court erred in denying McKelvin?s motion to suppress and reverse. At the hearing on McKelvin?s motion to suppress, Detective James Gibbons and Detective Leonard Tinelli testified that on September 23, 2008, they received information from an unidentified anonymous source who approached them while they were on an unrelated stop...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Opinions on February 16, 2011 (boomark / email).