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Springfield v. State

Citations

  • 481 So. 2d 975
  • 11 Fla. L. Weekly 240

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  • holding officer could not in any way base his decision to arrest appellant for loitering or prowling on residents’ report of seeing black male in their back yard carrying something
  • no probable cause to arrest for loitering where officer observed defendant carrying tape recorder on public sidewalk at 10:40 P.M. and where defendant could not explain his presence

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Judges: Hersey

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