AMANDA BRENNAN
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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A traffic stop is not considered complete until information necessary for the stop is returned to the officer, if it can be obtained within a reasonable period.
[1] A traffic stop is not considered complete until information necessary for the stop is returned to the officer, if such information can be obtained within a reasonable per…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“whether or not the citation is completed before the information [necessary for the traffic stop] is returned to the officer, the traffic stop should not be considered completed until such information, if it can be obtained within a reasonable period, is returned.”
The court cited State v. Brown, 691 So. 2d 637, 638 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997) to explain the legal standard for when a traffic stop is considered complete.
Amanda Brennan appealed a conviction from the Circuit Court for Highlands County. The case involved issues related to the duration and completion of a…
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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 6D2025-2011 Lower Tribunal No. 2023-CF-000079
AMANDA BRENNAN, Appellant
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Highlands County. David V. Ward, Judge.
October 16, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See State v. Brown, 691 So. 2d 637, 638 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997) (explaining that “whether or not the citation is completed before the information [necessary for the traffic stop] is returned to the officer, the traffic stop should not be considered completed until such information, if it can be obtained within a reasonable period, is returned.").
NARDELLA, WHITE and GANNAM, JJ., concur.
Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Caroline S. Cassidy, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tayna Alexander, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED
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