Supreme Court of Florida

A tip from a person who identified herself as the suspect's mother and provided her address, plus the name and location of the suspect, is a "citizen informant" tip and will support reasonable suspicion for detaining the suspect.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2001
• Published 03/29/2001

Judges

• HARDING, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Diana K. Bock, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Petitioner., James T. Miller, Jacksonville, FL, for the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL), Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles H. Holloway, Clearwater, FL, for Respondent.