Supreme Court of Florida

A law enforcement officer had no justification for continuing restraint of a motorist and obtaining information from him, after it was clearly determined that no question remained concerning any violation of law or the validity of a temporary license plate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/15/2003
• Published 05/15/2003

Judges

• LEWIS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Carol J.Y. Wilson, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, for Respondent.