JAMES DOZIER, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• State v. Natson, 661 So. 2d 926 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995)
  …olice information of potential on-going illegal drug sales activity and requested that his (or her) identity not be disclosed, which then led the police to conduct their own independent investigation, is a confidential informant. In Hinson v. State, 595 So. 2d 301 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992), a private citizen, seeking a reward, called a “Crimestoppers” program and identified the defendant as the perpetrator of a robbery. Acting on that tip, the police obtained a search warrant and searched the defendant’s home where…
• DOE v. State, 901 So. 2d 881 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
  …the police information on potential illegal drug activity and requested that his identity not be disclosed, which then led the police to conduct their own investiga [*884] tion, was a confidential informant. See id. at 927; see also Hinson v. State, 595 So. 2d 301 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) (anonymous private citizen tipster providing information through “Crimestoppers” identifying defendant as perpetrator of a robbery, which led to his arrest, was equated with being a confidential informant). The Natson court noted…

Authorities Cited

• Idaho v. Wright, 497 U.S. 805 (U.S. 1990)