T.W., A JUVENILE
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA
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This case involves a juvenile, T.W., appealing a decision by the State of Florida. The appellate court affirmed the lower court's decision, citing precedent regarding reasonable suspicion for investigatory stops and the totality of the circumstances.
The appellate court held that the lower court's decision was correct, affirming the State's actions based on established legal principles for investigatory stops and obstruction.
[1] An officer's reasonable suspicion for an investigatory stop is determined by the totality of circumstances existing at the time of the stop based solely on facts known to…
[2] Relevant factors in assessing the reasonableness of a stop pursuant to a police-issued Be On the Look Out (BOLO) include the length of time and distance from the offense,…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“Whether an officer's well-founded suspicion is reasonable is determined by the totality of the circumstances that existed at the time of the investigatory stop and is based solely on facts known to the officer before the stop.”
This quote establishes the standard for determining reasonable suspicion for an investigatory stop.
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PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See C.E.L. v. State, 24 So. 3d 1181, 1186 (Fla. 2009) ("[W]hether an officer's well-founded suspicion is reasonable is determined by the totality of the circumstances that existed at the time of the investigatory stop and is based solely on facts known to the officer before the stop. If the facts support a conclusion that the officers had reasonable suspicion to detain an individual at the point when the individual is ordered to stop, the next inquiry is whether a fact-finder could find that the individual's acts constituted obstruction or resistance without violence of the officers' execution of their legal duty.") (internal citations omitted); Hunter v. State, 660 So. 2d 244, 249 (Fla. 1995) (relevant factors in assessing the reasonableness of a stop pursuant to a police-issued Be On the Look Out (BOLO) include: “(1) the length of time and distance from the offense; (2) route of flight; (3) specificity of the description of the vehicle and its occupants; and (4) the source of the BOLO information.")
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- Hunter v. State, 660 So. 2d 244 (Fla. 1995)
- C.E.L. v. State, 24 So. 3d 1181 (Fla. 2009)