STATE LINE DELIVERY SERVICE, INC.

v.

RIVERA ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (22 total)

• State v. Scott, 641 So. 2d 517 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)
  …ly fit that description. In this case, the description of a [*521] black man wearing dark clothing was too vague under Williams, Ross, [v. State, 419 So. 2d 1170 (Fla.2d DCA 1982)], and Hetland.”), review denied, 503 So. 2d 328 (Fla.), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1049, 107 S.Ct. 2180, 95 L.Ed.2d 837 (1987). Moreover, the officers’ personal observations of defendant riding a bicycle with personal belongings balanced on the handlebars during the early afternoon hours through a residential neighborhood does not est…
• Sanders v. State, 666 So. 2d 1035 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996)
  …d tip that black male wearing dark [*1037] clothing had a handgun at a particular convenience store, and officer patted down one of two black men at the store, who was wearing the darker clothing), review denied, 503 So. 2d 328 (Fla.), cert, denied, 481 U.S. 1049, 107 S.Ct. 2180, 95 L.Ed.2d 837 (1987). See also James v. State, 556 So. 2d 791, 793 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990) (“the color of a person’s skin, although an identifying factor, is insufficient by itself to adequately narrow the scope of an officer’s identif…
• Taylor v. State, 695 So. 2d 503 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997)
  …cts, this Terry stop was not appropriate. Although Taylor was a “black man riding a bicycle,” that description could have fit many men. See Strong v. State, 495 So. 2d 191, 192 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986), review denied, 503 So. 2d 328 (Fla.), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1049, 107 S.Ct. 2180, 95 L.Ed.2d 837 (1987); see also Williams v. State, 454 So. 2d 737 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984); Ross v. State, 419 So. 2d 1170 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982). “A vague description simply will not justify a law enforcement officer in stopping every indivi…