Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1992

Sanders v. State

Sanders v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 9, 1992 · Letts, Polen, Warner
605 So. 2d 153; 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 9539; 1992 WL 216570 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Sanders v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Reversed on the authority of Florida v. Bostick, 501 U.S.-, 111 S.Ct. 2382, 115 L.Ed.2d 389 (1991).

REVERSED.

LETTS and POLEN, JJ., concur. WARNER, J., dissents with opinion.

Dissenting Opinion

WARNER, Judge,

dissenting.

In denying the motion to suppress and then, on refusing to grant rehearing based on Bostick v. State, 554 So.2d 1153 (Fla. 1989), the trial court specifically found that there was no evidence of intimidation of appellant by the officers boarding the bus. The court distinguished Bostick, noting that in Bostick the officers demanded the defendant’s ticket and blocked the exit. There was no indication that either tactic was used in this case, and the court defined this as an encounter rather than a detention. I think that satisfies Florida v. Bostick, and I see no need to reverse.

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