Supreme Court of Florida

A law enforcement officer may not stop a vehicle for a windshield crack on the basis that the crack renders the windshield "not in proper adjustment or repair" under Florida Statutes section 310.610. A cracked windshield violates section 316.610 only if it renders the vehicle in "such unsafe condition as to endanger any person or property."

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/05/2007
• Published 07/05/2007

Judges

• LEWIS, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Anthony C. Musto, Special Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill, McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Robert J. Krauss, Bureau Chief, Tampa Criminal Appeals, and Marilyn Muir Beccue, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Respondent.