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Parker v. State

Citations

  • 18 So. 3d 555
  • 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 15419
  • 2008 WL 4526024

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  • holding that there must be additional factors which, when combined with flight, give rise to a reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot
  • holding that officer had reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop after the defendant began to run given the time of night, emptiness of the street and recent occurrence of domestic battery in area
  • “[U]nprovoked flight may give rise to a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity even when the flight does not take place in a high-crime area, depending on the remaining circumstances of the case.”
  • reasonable suspicion existed where, after the police received a domestic battery complaint, the arresting officer saw the defendant and another man one block away at 3:00 a.m. on an otherwise empty street, and when the officer shined a spotlight in their direction, they both ran

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Judges: Lewis, Wolf, Kahn

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