ARNOLD ET AL.

v.

MCAULIFFE ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (84 total)

• Collins v. State, 143 So. 2d 700 (Fla. 2d DCA 1962)
  …though there was time to obtain a warrant, a private citizen may make such an arrest and justify his failure to obtain a warrant by proving the person arrested was actually guilty of the felony. Dorsey v. U. S., 5 Cir., 174 F. 2d 899, cert. denied, 338 U.S. 950, 70 S.Ct. 479, 94 L.Ed. 586; 340 U.S. 878, 71 S.Ct. 116, 95 L.Ed. 639. The actions of the police officers, which culminated in the arrest, search and seizure, extended over a period of two days. All of these actions, while in the City of West Palm…
• Casso v. State, 182 So. 2d 252 (Fla. 2d DCA 1966)
  …88 So. 468. And this rule has been applied in cases involving admission of evidence allegedly obtained by an illegal arrest and search. Perez v. State, Fla.App.1963, 151 So. 2d 686; Dorsey v. United States, C.A., Fla.1949, 174 F. 2d 899, cert. den. 338 U.S. 950, 70 S.Ct. 479, 94 L.Ed. 586, also 340 U. S. 878, 71 S.Ct. 116, 95 L.Ed. 639. And so, even in a murder prosecution, involving evidence found in a search of a defendant’s home without a warrant. Jeffcoat v. State, 103 Fla. 466, 138 So. 385. . Said F.…
• State v. Sobrino, 587 So. 2d 1347 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991)
  …without other discussion than a recital of the circumstances which showed reasonably that the persons arrested had committed or were committing the felony of cow stealing. Dorsey v. United States, 174 F. 2d 899, 901-02 (5th Cir.1949), cert. denied, 338 U.S. 950, 70 S.Ct. 479, 94 L.Ed. 586, 340 U.S. 878, 71 S.Ct. 116, 95 L.Ed. 639 (1950). It is at once clear that Dorsey merely undertook to set forth the ordinary common law rule of citizen’s arrest. The Dorsey court recites that it found no Florida authorit…