Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 18, 1989No. Nos. 87-429, 87-430, 87-431 and 87-432PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SCHOONOVER, Judge.

The appellant, Calvin Harris, challenges the judgments and sentences entered after he pled nolo contendere to the charges contained in four informations and reserved his right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. We reverse.

The testimony presented at the hearing on the appellant’s motion to suppress, even when viewed in a light most favorable to the state, establishes that the evidence in question was obtained from the appellant as the result of an illegal detention. A person may be subjected to a limited seizure under the fourth amendment…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Carter v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  3. Jacobson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  4. McCloud v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  5. Ward v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Gibson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

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