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Gipson v. State

Citations

  • 537 So. 2d 1080
  • 14 Fla. L. Weekly 245

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  • officers patrolling area known for drug deals saw defendant huddled with two others behind a bar and the three fled when officers approached
  • officer observed the defendant huddled with two other persons behind a bar in a drug area and saw the defendant flee at the sight of police
  • flight in high crime area upon seeing the police does not constitute a founded suspicion sufficient to justify a detention
  • no reasonable suspicion when officer observed the defendant huddled with two other persons behind a bar in a drug area and the defendant fled at sight of police
  • both holding that an officer must have \probable cause\ to believe a suspect is armed before the officer can conduct a patdown search or a frisk of the suspect to the extent necessary to disclose the weapon
  • bare suspicion of criminal activity is insufficient to justify investigatory stop

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Judges: Barfield

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