Legal Opinion

Black v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 21, 1990No. 89-2912PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

As we did in Gillion v. State, 547 So.2d 719 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989), we certify the following question as one of great public importance:

DOES THE MERE IDENTIFICATION OF A LOCATION AS A HIGH CRIME AREA UNDULY PREJUDICE A DEFENDANT WHO IS ARRESTED THERE?

AFFIRMED.

DOWNEY, GUNTHER and WARNER, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gillion v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Black v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991