P. L. R., A CHILD

v.

FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By (52 total)

• Terrtric Doctor v. State, 596 So. 2d 442 (Fla. 1992)
  …cocaine. Whether a police officer hás sufficient probable cause to believe that a suspect is carrying illegal contraband will depend on the totality of the circumstances existing at the time. P.L.R. v. State, 455 So. 2d 363 (Fla.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1220, 105 S.Ct. 1206, 84 L.Ed.2d 349 (1985). Relevant to this inquiry is the officer’s specific experience with respect to the particular narcotic in question. See Cross v. State, 560 So. 2d 228 (Fla.1990). We note initially that the burden is on the St…
• Clark A. Caplan v. State, 531 So. 2d 88 (Fla. 1988)
  …he mere observation of opaque containers, such as the hand-rolled cigarette papers in this instance, will not create probable cause in the absence of other facts. We ourselves have so held in P.L.R. v. State, 455 So. 2d 363 (Fla.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1220, 105 S.Ct. 1206, 84 L.Ed.2d 349 (1985), which we find to be dispositive of the issue presented here. In P.L.R., this Court had the opportunity to discuss the case of Carr v. State, 353 So. 2d 958 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978), which is identical to the case b…

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• Revels v. State, 666 So. 2d 213 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)
  …e and to distinguish innocent behavior from incriminating behavior. See, e.g., P.L.R. v. State, 455 So. 2d 363, 364 (Fla.1984) (officer observed that manilla envelopes were used to store nickel bags of marijuana in over 100 occasions), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1220, 105 S.Ct. 1206, 84 L.Ed.2d 349 (1985). The evidence of training and experience could have been better developed in Mr. Revels’ case, but there is evidence that the officers who observed him were experienced. 2. The Quality of the Surveillance Proc…