Shawntavian Tucker v. State of Florida

The issue presented is whether the police legally stopped appellant’s vehicle based upon information obtained forty days earlier, and whether that information was “stale.” We find that the information was not stale and that the victim’s description of the vehicle, which included the col- or, age, and license plate, gave the officer reasonable suspicion to conduct a stop.

An intruder entered the victim’s home and fled in a getaway vehicle parked across the street after encountering the victim. The victim described the vehicle to the police as a metallic gold older model Buick or Oldsmobile with…