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· 6/4/1981

Ensor v. State

Citations

  • 403 So. 2d 349

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The term ‘ordinary sight of another person’ means the casual and ordinary observation of another in the normal associations of life.”
  • “The term ‘on or about the person’ means physically on the person or readily accessible to him. This generally includes the interior of an automobile and the vehicle’s glove compartment, whether or not locked.”
  • “The critical question turns on whether an individual, standing near a person with a firearm or beside a vehicle in which a person with a firearm is seated, may by ordinary observation know the questioned object to be a firearm.”
  • absolute invisibility is not a necessary element of finding concealment
  • \open view\ of contraband contrasted to \plain view\

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Judges: Overton

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