State of Florida v. Joshua Lyle Creller

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2022-0524 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, vs. JOSHUA LYLE CRELLER, Respondent. May 23, 2024 FRANCIS, J. It is well-settled that once a driver has been lawfully stopped for a traffic violation, police officers may order the driver out of the vehicle for officer safety reasons without violating the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures. See Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 434 U.S. 106, 110, 111 n.6 (1977); Maryland v. Wilson, 519 U.S. 408, 413 n.1 (1997) (“[T]hat we typically avoid per se rules concerning searches and…