TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANT,

v.

WILLIE EVERETT AND GENE FLINN, APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• State v. Irvin, 483 So. 2d 461 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986)
  …another reason does not invalidate an apprehension which follows the commission of a traffic or other offense which would subject any member of the public to a similar detention.1 Bascoy v. State, 424 So. 2d 80 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Crummie v. State, 367 So. 2d 1106 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); State v. Turner, 345 So. 2d 767 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977); State v. Holmes, 256 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 2d DCA 1971). Applying these principles, we reverse the order under review which, on the finding that the officers would have (unjustifiabl…
• State v. Ogburn, 483 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986)
  …t that an officer would not have stopped a defendant but for the suspicion that the defendant was involved in criminal activity. State v. Irvin, 483 So. 2d 461 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986); Bascoy v. State, 424 So. 2d 80 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Crummie v. State, 367 So. 2d 1106 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979). Thus, the stop of Ogburn was proper. Because Ogburn was properly arrested for failing to produce his driver’s license, the subsequent search of his vehicle, which revealed contraband cocaine, was lawful. See New York v. Belton, 4…
• State v. Holland, 680 So. 2d 1041 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996)
  …-Kehoe cases likewise hold that running a stop sign or stop light is a valid reason for police to stop a vehicle. See Ferrara v. State, 101 So. 2d 797, 798 (Fla. 1958); McClendon v. State, 440 So. 2d 52, 53-54 (Fla. .1st DCA 1983); Crummie v. State, 367 So. 2d 1106, 1107 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979). Nothing in Kehoe rendered the running of a stop sign or stop light a trivial traffic offense. Indeed, such an offense is a moving violation that potentially threatens life and limb. . This "usual police practice" testimony…

Authorities Cited

• Dickerson v. Orange State OIL Co., 123 So. 2d 562 (Fla. 2d DCA 1960)
• Dade Cnty. v. Mich. Mut. Liab. Co., 130 So. 2d 111 (Fla. 3d DCA 1961)