Crosby v. State

The final judgment of conviction and sentence under review is affirmed based on the following briefly stated legal analysis.

First, the defendant Larry Crosby was temporarily detained — but not arrested, as urged — when police officers physically prevented him from boarding a train at the Amtrak station, detained him for five to six minutes, and conducted a “dog sniff,” by a trained narcotics dog, of a shoulder bag he was carrying. The fact that the defendant Crosby missed his train as a result of the detention cannot convert same into an arrest. Login v. State, 394 So.2d 183 (Fla. 3d DCA…