EARL BENITO GRAHAM, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• L.D.P. v. State, 551 So. 2d 1257 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989)
  …support a detention under section 901.151. In order to do so, however, the tip must contain specific and detailed information. State v. Hetland, 366 So. 2d 831 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979), approved Hetland v. State, 387 So. 2d 963 (Fla.1980); McKee v. State, 430 So. 2d 983 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); Bussey v. State, 528 So. 2d 955 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988). An anonymous tip which is vague and nondescriptive may not provide the founded suspicion to support a detention. See Phillips v. State, 536 So. 2d 1145 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Stat…
• Bussey v. State, 528 So. 2d 955 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)
  …tailed and specific information later corroborated by prompt police action in locating the described individual in the named location. State v. Hetland, 366 So. 2d 831 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979), approved, 387 So. 2d 963 (Fla.1980); see also McKee v. State, 430 So. 2d 983 (Fla. 3d DCA), rev. denied, 437 So. 2d 677 (Fla.1983). We find that the tip in this case meets the criteria established in Hetland. While it would be ideal if every subject of an anonymous tip had a unique or flamboyant appearance, see Hetland (des…
• State v. Varnedoe, 443 So. 2d 201 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983)
  …sufficient to warrant a very cautious person’s belief that Varnedoe was guilty of the robbery for which he was detained. We therefore hold that the trial court erred in ruling the original detention unsupported by probable cause. See McKee v. State, 430 So. 2d 983 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). Our disposition on the issue of probable cause renders it unnecessary for us to address the remaining issues advanced by the state. We note, however, that the state failed to raise the Crews issue in the trial court and therefor…

Authorities Cited

• I.R. and I.R. v. State, 385 So. 2d 686 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)
• Wright v. State, 351 So. 2d 1127 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977)