Bowser v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that four individuals observed for twenty minutes walking the street at 2:00 a.m. looking into unoccupied vehicles in a very dark area was not sufficient to raise justifiable alarm of an immediate threat
• holding neither “possibly suspicious” eir- cumstances of appellant looking into cars in dark parking lot nor officer’s discovery upon questioning that appellant “seemed to be taking a roundabout route home” created requisite concern to establish loitering or prowling
• \The possibly suspicious circumstances of four people looking into cars in a dark parking lot was not sufficient to raise justifiable alarm of an immediate threat.\
• “possibly suspicious” circumstances of defendant looking into car windows in a dark parking lot was not sufficient to raise justifiable alarm
• \The proper standard for finding a 8 law violation is whether a preponderance of the evidence establishes that the probationer committed the charged offense.\
• neither “possibly suspicious” circumstances of appellant’s looking into cars in dark parking lot nor officer’s discovery upon questioning that appellant “seemed to be taking a roundabout route home” created requisite concern to establish loitering or prowling

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Neeld v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-03-26· cited 19×
• Latasia Webb v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-01-07· cited 9×
• Simms v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-01-28· cited 9×
• Dean v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-02-23· cited 8×
• K.H. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-04-08· cited 7×
• Stephens v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-07-18· cited 6×
• R.R. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-04-09· cited 6×
• Ferguson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-07-21· cited 4×
• S.K.W. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-05-17· cited 4×
• Matthews v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-12-08· cited 3×
• Marzendorfer v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-10-24· cited 2×
• KH v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-04-08
• J. J. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-12-27
• Benny Saintil v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-03-26

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• E.C. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-01-27· cited 27×
• Robinson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-08-10· cited 26×
• Robinson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-11-24· cited 22×
• E.B. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-01-06· cited 20×
• Von Goff v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-02-05· cited 13×
• Oates v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-04-21· cited 12×
• T.W. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-06-21· cited 12×
• Shipman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-06-22· cited 10×
• R.D.W. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-08-23· cited 9×
• Eubanks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-05-20· cited 6×
• Bryant v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-06-16· cited 4×