Supreme Court of Florida
DOBRIN v. FLORIDA DEP'T OF HIGHWAY SAFETY & MOTOR VEHICLES, SC02-2540
By considering whether a reasonable officer under similar circumstances would have pulled defendant over, district court applied a principle of law that is no longer applicable. The correct test is whether the particular officer who initated the traffic stop had an objectively reasonable basis for making the stop.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/19/2004
- Published 02/19/2004
Judges
- WELLS, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Flem K. Whited, III,David D. Fuller, Jr., and David H. Foxman of Whited, Fuller, Miller & Foxman, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Enoch J. Whitney, General Counsel and Judson M. Chapman, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL; and Heather Rose Cramer, Assistant General Counsel, Lake Worth, FL, for Respondent.