M.C. v. State

COWART, Judge.

When (1) a police officer encounters a person under circumstances1 that authorize the officer to temporarily detain that person under Florida’s Stop and Frisk statute (§ 901.151, Fla.Stat. (1983)) and (2) in the lawful execution of his legal duties the police officer intends to detain that person for the purpose of ascertaining the person’s identity and to learn the circumstances surrounding his presence, and (3) under the facts and circumstances of the particular case that person learns, knows, or understands that the officer desires to detain that person, then if that person…