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State v. J.D.

Citations

  • 796 So. 2d 1217
  • 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 14622

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that officer had six years of training in drug identification, had frequently encountered marijuana violations, and had made over 100 marijuana arrests
  • finding the seizure of a plastic bag com taining marijuana was improper under the “plain feel doctrine” where officer “merely described the item he felt as a ‘plastic-type bag’ with ‘some substance inside of it’ that could possibly be marijuana”
  • “If, during a lawful pat-down ... the officer [develops] probable cause to believe that the defendant is carrying contraband, the officer may seize the contraband.”
  • officer stated substance could possibly be marijuana

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Judges: Polen, Stevenson, Taylor

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