Gano v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “We conclude that at the time Sergeant Harris ordered appellant and Kelly to exit appellant’s car, he had insufficient facts upon which to base a founded suspicion that appellant or Kelly were involved in criminal activity. He had only a mere suspicion and that is not enough to support a stop. See State v. Simons, 549 So.2d 785 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). As Sergeant Harris approached appellant’s vehicle, he did not ask about weapons, look for weapons, or ever discover weapons. He had driven an unmarked police car to within three feet of appellant’s vehicle, stopped his car with his headlights on and exited his vehicle. As appellant and his passenger looked up at this approaching person, the passenger pushed something beneath his seat. While subsequent events proved appellant and his passenger to be in possession of cocaine, there was nothing prior to their detention to give Sergeant Harris a founded suspicion of criminal activity or a reasonable fear for his safety.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Popple v. State