State v. Santana

The State appeals an order suppressing evidence. The trial court concluded that a reasonable person in the defendant’s position would not have felt free to leave. Viewing the evidence presented at the suppression hearing in the light most favorable to sustaining the court’s ruling, and reviewing de novo the application of law to the historical facts, we affirm. Compare J.N. v. State, 778 So.2d 440, 442 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001) (concluding that a juvenile’s encounter with police was a seizure where three uniformed police officers “ordered him to stop and arguably blocked [his] passage with the…