Cope v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
523 So.2d 1270 (1988)
Ronald Earl COPE, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-798.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
April 28, 1988.
Jackson O. Brownlee, P.A., Tavares, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Belle B. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.
EN BANC
COBB, Judge.
Appellant, Ronald Earl Cope, was stopped by two police officers in Leesburg, Florida, for a minor infraction (defective truck tail light). One of the arresting officers, Cutcher, shined his flashlight into the cab of the truck after Cope exited it, ostensibly…
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