Campbell v. State

Appellant Phillip Campbell entered a plea of no contest to drug possession charges, reserving the right to appeal denial of his dispositive motion to suppress evidence. The question before us is whether a “police traffic safety stop” operated by the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office violated appellant’s Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures. Because the procedure in question satisfied both the balancing test established by the United States Supreme Court and the specific requirements of the Florida Supreme Court for this type of case, we affirm appellant’s…