800 So. 2d 708 - State v. Harper’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 2010
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 666 So. 2d 131 - Simmons v. State · 560 So. 2d 1383 - Boice v. State · Thomas v. State · 590 So. 2d 982 - Jones v. State · 629 So. 2d 263 - Gretka v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“In Munroe v. State, 629 So.2d 263, 264 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993), Jones v. State, 590 So.2d 982, 983 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), and Thomas v. State, 581 So.2d 993, 994 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), the courts relied on Boxee for the proposition that tossing evidence away in the presence of a law enforcement officer does not constitute tampering under section 918.13. But see Hayes v. State, 634 So.2d 1153, 1154 (Fla. 4th DCA) (affirming tampering conviction where defendant dropped bag of rock cocaine into drainage outlet while being pursued by law enforcement officer), review denied, 645 So.2d 452 (Fla.1994). We disagree with Boice to the extent it can be read to mean that tossing evidence away in the presence of a law enforcement officer does not, as a matter of law, constitute a violation of the statute. Depending upon the circumstances, such an act could amount to tampering or concealing evidence. An affirmative act of throwing evidence away constitutes more than mere abandonment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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