Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 14, 1991No. 90-1085PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

574 So.2d 300 (1991)

Benjamin Earl SMITH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 90-1085.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 14, 1991.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Glen P. Gifford, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and David G. Mersch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

GOSHORN, Judge.

The sole question on appeal is whether or not a police officer may make an investigatory stop of a vehicle after determining by a radio check that the registered owner does not possess a valid driver's…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Lawrence E. Wilson, Warden v. William Eugene PorterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  3. State v. StevensDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  4. Lewis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  5. State v. OthenDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. City of Seattle v. YeagerCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1992
  2. Hoover v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  3. Florence v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  4. Guffey v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  5. Morrow v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005

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