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State v. Levin

Supreme Court of Florida
Jun 21, 1984
452 So. 2d 562 (Fla. 1984)

Summary

adopting 449 So.2d 288 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), and holding that simply being out on the street during late and unusual hours in area where crimes have been committed is insufficient for a stop

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Opinion

No. 64291.

June 21, 1984.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Robert P. Kaye, J.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Bruce A. Rosenthal, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for respondent.


We accepted jurisdiction in this case, Levin v. State, 449 So.2d 288 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), because the district court acknowledged direct and express conflict with the decision of another district court of appeal, Boal v. State, 368 So.2d 71 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979). Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

For the reasons set forth in the opinion of the Third District Court of Appeal, which we herein adopt as our own, we approve the decision in Levin and accordingly disapprove Boal.

It is so ordered.

ALDERMAN, C.J., and ADKINS, OVERTON, McDONALD, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Levin

Supreme Court of Florida
Jun 21, 1984
452 So. 2d 562 (Fla. 1984)

adopting 449 So.2d 288 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), and holding that simply being out on the street during late and unusual hours in area where crimes have been committed is insufficient for a stop

Summary of this case from Ippolito v. State

In State v. Levin, 452 So.2d 562 (Fla. 1984), the supreme court disapproved this court's holding in Boal v. State, 368 So.2d 71 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979), making it abundantly clear that these two factors, standing alone, are insufficient to justify even an investigative stop under section 901.151, Florida Statutes (1983).

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Case details for

State v. Levin

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER, v. CHARLES ALBERT LEVIN, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jun 21, 1984

Citations

452 So. 2d 562 (Fla. 1984)

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