J.R.P. v. State

LaROSE, Judge.

J.R.P. appeals his delinquency adjudication and sentence of probation for obstructing a law enforcement officer. See § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2005).1 The officer had no reasonable suspicion that J.R.P. had committed a crime and, therefore, had no basis to detain him. Accordingly, we reverse.

A police officer saw J.R.P. and another juvenile run from a convenience store, get into a car, and drive off at an unspecified “rate of speed.” The officer thought that the juveniles had robbed the convenience store. In fact, no robbery had occurred. Not knowing that, however, the officer gave…