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Ray v. State

Citations

  • 849 So. 2d 1222
  • 2003 WL 21749539

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that merely feeling plastic baggie, without something unique about the package that would indicate narcotics were contained within, even though narcotics are frequently packaged in plastic baggies, is not enough to establish probable cause
  • feeling plastic baggy and testifying narcotics are frequently contained in plastic baggies did not meet “immediately apparent” requirement
  • in situation where the defendant was “stopped for riding his bicycle at night without the proper lights,” there was “no question that the stop itself was valid”
  • “One of the recognized circumstances justifying a weapons pat- down is the combination of the defendant’s nervousness and the officer’s observation of a bulge in the defendant’s clothing.”
  • “When the validity of a search rests on consent, the State has the burden of proving that the necessary consent was obtained and that it was freely and voluntarily given, a burden that is not satisfied by showing a mere submission to a claim of lawful authority.”
  • expressing reluctance to remove hands from pockets

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Judges: Stevenson

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