HAIJIA WU
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 4th DCA | 2023-08-30
No. 22-3301
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2023)

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Holding

A DUI conviction must be reversed and vacated when the State concedes that the traffic stop lacked reasonable suspicion, rendering the investigation and arrest illegal.


Headnotes

[1] A traffic stop violates the Fourth Amendment when the officer lacks reasonable suspicion, and any evidence derived from an unlawful stop must be suppressed.

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Facts & Procedural History

Haijia Wu was convicted of driving under the influence in Broward County. The State later conceded on appeal that the officer lacked reasonable suspic…

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Opinion of the Court

Appeal from the County Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; John D. Fry, Judge; L.T. Case No. 21-012098MU10A.

Gordon Weekes, Public Defender, and Sarah Sandler, Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rachael Kaiman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

ON CONFESSION OF ERROR PER CURIAM. Haijia Wu appeals her conviction for driving under the influence. The State concedes error on a dispositive issue. The State agrees it failed to present sufficient evidence that the officer had reasonable suspicion to stop her car. As a result, the State agrees “the DUI investigation and resulting arrest were illegal.” We accept the State’s confession of error, reverse Wu’s conviction, and remand with instructions for the county court to vacate Wu’s conviction. Reversed and remanded. GERBER, FORST and KUNTZ, JJ., concur.

* * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.


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