Legal Opinion
State v. Woodard
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 24, 1991No. 91-0498PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRETT, Judge.
The state appeals the trial court’s order that granted appellee’s motion to suppress “based on the officer’s lack of Pounded Suspicion to Conduct an Investigatory Stop of [appellee's] Automobile.” We reverse.
Only Officer Littlefield, a twelve-year police veteran, testified at the suppression hearing. He stated that at about one thirty in the morning on April 9, 1990, he patrolled downtown Fort Lauderdale with his K-9 partner. As he drove by an un-feneed lot located next to a fenced Southern Bell compound, he saw the lower portion of a small vehicle and “a pair of legs” next to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. HensleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
3Cited by3 opinions
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- State v. BarrettDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991