Clark v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[W]e hold that he was seized prior to dropping the drugs. A seizure involves either the application of physical force or the submission to an officer's show of authority. California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621, 625 , 111 S.Ct. 1547, 1550 , 113 L.Ed.2d 690, 697 (1991). The officer applied a show of force by opening his [patrol car] door so that appellant would hit it and fall off his bicycle. The officer admitted that this was intentional. Here, the officer physically stopped the appellant with his car door. The state's argument that the officer has to touch appellant with his hands before a stop occurs is meritless in this context.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 661 So. 2d 937 - State v. Hopkins