Legal Opinion
L.C. v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 12, 2009No. 3D08-2826PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShepherd, J.
Both the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and its Florida counterpart, Article I, section 12, of the Florida Constitution, guarantee “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.” U.S. Const, amend. IV. The issue in this appeal is whether it is “unreasonable,” within the meaning of these two constitutional provisions, for a police officer to perform a weapons search without having performed a pat-down on a fifteen-year-old truant before putting her in the back of his…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- State v. EvansOhio Supreme Court · 1993
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