Legal Opinion
State v. W. O. R.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 2, 1980No. 79-1807PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Judge.
The state appeals the trial court’s order which granted, on grounds of an illegal stop, appellee’s motion to suppress certain tangible evidence. We reverse.
The only witness at the suppression hearing was the deputy sheriff who stopped appellee. He testified that as he was travelling south on 34th Street (U.S. 19) in St. Petersburg at 11:30 P. M., on his way back to headquarters to go off duty, he spotted appellee on the east side”" of the street. The deputy would have continued on but for the fact that he heard two males, accompanied by two or three females, on the other side…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. StevensDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
- State v. PaytonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
- Vollmer v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. ArnoldDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- Codie v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- Oesterle v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
- Taylor v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
- Watts v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
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