Christopher L. Carpenter v. State of Florida – Revised Opinion

I respectfully dissent. Article I, section 12, of the Florida Constitution, as amended in 1982, mirrors the protection against unreasonable searches and seizures found in the Fourth Amendment, but also mandate^ that this protection “shall be construed in conformity with the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution, as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court.” Id.3 Clearly, we are bound by the United States Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, including the majority opinion in Davis v. United States, 564 U.S. 229, 131 S.Ct. 2419, 180 L.Ed.2d 285 (2011).

In Davis, the…