State v. Barnum

OPINION OF THE COURT

The thrust of this appeal is whether a police officer, called to a scene where a fellow police officer had detained a person on misdemeanor traffic violations, could legally arrest the detainee for those traffic violations committed in the presence of the summoning officer but not in the presence of the summoned officer, no emergency existing.

Metro-Dade County Police Officer Gonzalez on routine patrol observed the defendant committing traffic violations and stopped him. His tour of duty ended at 11:00 P.M., and inasmuch as it was almost 11:00 P.M., he radioed for…