State v. Freeman

How courts have described this case

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

• holding insufficient evidence, to prove loitering where defendant was part of a group that dispersed at the. sight of law enforcement and the group was congregated in a high-crime area
• reversing where the officer observed the defendant standing on a street corner in a group adjacent to a grocery store where drug dealing frequently occurred
• reversing where the officer observed the defendant standing on a street corner in a group adjacent to a grocery store where drug dealing frequently occurred
• reversal of loitering or prowling conviction of defendant seen remaining for long periods at a street corner by a store with a “no loitering” sign
• defendant could not be arrested for loitering and prowling where he was standing with group on street corner adjacent to grocery store and group dispersed on approach of police officers
• defendant could not be arrested for loitering and prowling where he was standing with group on street comer adjacent to grocery store and group dispersed on approach of police officers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• E.C. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-01-27· cited 27×
• Woody v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-06-19· cited 9×
• Carroll v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-01-11· cited 7×
• L.K.B. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-07-18· cited 6×
• EC v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-01-27
• LKB v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-07-18
• D. J. E., A Child v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-10-20
• State v. Brown
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-06-06
• Benny Saintil v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-03-26

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Ecker
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-02-19· cited 174×
• D.A. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-06-11· cited 64×