R.J.C. v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The issue in this appeal from the denial of a motion to suppress evidence is whether a seizure occurred when appellant complied with an officer’s repeated requests to remove his hands from his pockets. We conclude that a seizure did occur, and we reverse the denial of the motion to suppress because the officer lacked a well-founded articulable suspicion of criminal activity to justify the seizure.
Appellant, a juvenile, pled no contest to possession of less than 20 grams of cannabis, reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. At the hearing on the motion to…
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- Michigan v. ChesternutSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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