Legal Opinion
Florida v. Royer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 23, 1983No. 80-2146PublishedCited by 5,815 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice White, joined by Justice Marshall, Justice Powell, and Justice Stevens
We are required in this case to determine whether the Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District, properly applied the precepts of the Fourth Amendment in holding that respondent Royer was being illegally detained at the time of his purported consent to a search of his luggage.
On January 3, 1978, Royer was observed at Miami International Airport by two plainclothes detectives of the Dade County, Fla., Public Safety Department assigned to the county’s Organized Crime Bureau, Narcotics Investigation Section.1 Detectives Johnson and Magdalena believed that Royer’s appearance, mannerisms,…
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