Legal Opinion

Kersey v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 18, 1952PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

58 So.2d 155 (1952)

KERSEY

v.

STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

March 18, 1952.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1952.

Frank Clark, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and William A. O'Bryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

TERRELL, Justice.

In August 1950 agents of the Beverage Department secured information that appellant was handling moonshine whiskey. They spotted him traveling on Highway 27 in Broward County, pursued him into Dade County where they blocked the road in his front and rear, arrested him and searched his car without a search warrant. They found a quantity of…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. Haile v. GardnerSupreme Court of Florida · 1921
  4. Longo v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1946
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1950

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Cameron v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
  2. Coladonato v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
  3. Mullins v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  4. State v. HolmesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
  5. Gustafson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971

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