SMITH v. STATE

No. 90-1085.

574 So.2d 300 (1991)

Benjamin Earl SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Glen P. Gifford, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and David G. Mersch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


GOSHORN, Judge.

The sole question on appeal is whether or not a police officer may make an investigatory stop of a vehicle after determining by a radio check that the registered owner does not possess a valid driver's license. We find that the detention is proper and affirm.

The facts are not in dispute. While patrolling a high drug activity area, a police officer recognized a car he had previously seen parked at the Orange Manor Apartments. The car was occupied...

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