Legal Opinion

Gentles v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 22, 2010No. Nos. 4D09-1436, 4D09-1553PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.

In this appeal from the denial of the defendant’s motion to suppress, the defendant argues that he was unlawfully detained when a police officer ordered him to turn off his car engine when the officer noticed him asleep in his parked car, with the motor running, during early morning hours in a shopping mall parking lot. The appeal followed the defendant’s no contest plea to felony driving with a suspended license (DWLS) and violation of probation. Based on Popple v. State, 626 So.2d 185 *1195(Fla.1993), we hold that the officer’s direction that defendant turn off his car engine constituted a…

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2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Illinois v. WardlowSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Cady v. DombrowskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Popple v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Santiago v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  2. A.L. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  3. Jarmen Shontane Mccray v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
  4. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  5. B.L. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

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