R.R. v. State

While I concur with the majority’s decision to affirm R.R.’s adjudication for resisting an officer without violence, I write to express my dissent from the portion of the opinion stating that there was no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity that would have justified an investigatory stop by the officer for loitering and prowling. Under the facts, I believe there would have been a sufficient basis for the officer to detain R.R. based on his observation of R.R.’s actions and the totality of the circumstances prior to ordering him to stop.

There are two elements to a loitering and prowling…