Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2024

Jones v. State of Florida

Jones v. State of Florida
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 9, 2024

Jones v. State of Florida

Opinion

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2023-1403 _____________________________ TIMOTHY JONES, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the County Court for Alachua County.

Susan Miller-Jones, Judge.

October 9, 2024

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See State v. Creller, 386 So. 3d 487, 489 (Fla. 2024) (reaffirming that “once a driver has been lawfully stopped for a traffic violation, police officers may order the driver out of the vehicle for officer safety reasons without violating the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures”); Parks v. State, 371 So. 3d 392 (Fla. 1st DCA 2023) (holding that a statutory cost of prosecution can be levied without being specifically requested by the State).

OSTERHAUS, C.J., and M.K. THOMAS and LONG, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Jessica Yeary, Public Defender, and Danielle Jorden, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Steven E. Woods, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

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