Legal Opinion

Langston v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 14, 1989No. 88-2670Published

1Opinion of the Court

JOANOS, Judge.

Langston has appealed from judgment and sentence for possession of cocaine following a plea of nolo contendere, taken pursuant to reservation of the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

With regard to Langston’s contention that there was no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to justify the police “stop and frisk” action herein, we find that, under the totality of the circumstances, the brief detention was justified. Tamer v. State, 484 So.2d 583, 584 (Fla.1986). We further find that the record supports the trial…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Tamer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  2. Collins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  3. Rodriguez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  4. Munday v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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