Legal Opinion

F.E.C. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 11, 1990No. 88-02932PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PATTERSON, Judge.

F.E.C., a child, was charged in an amended delinquency petition with having unlawfully obstructed a law enforcement officer in the execution of his legal duty by running away from the officer. We reverse.

On May 21, 1988, F.E.C. and another child were observed at 12:30 a.m. by Deputy Sheriff Burnham, who was driving a fully marked police cruiser. As he made a U-turn, they disappeared from sight. He then observed them at the end of a dead-end street and illuminated the area with a spotlight. They ran into a trailer park. On observing them again in the trailer park, he…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Nelson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  2. M.C. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  3. C.K. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. E.A.B. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  2. Slydell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  3. S.G.K. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  4. Mosley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  5. Harris v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

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