STATE v. HETLAND

No. 78-165.

366 So.2d 831 (1979)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert Leslie HETLAND, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Robert E. Jagger, Public Defender, and Ellen Irene Hoffenberg, Asst. Public Defender, Clearwater, for appellee.


DANAHY, Judge.

Can an anonymous tip provide the basis for a valid stop and frisk? That question was answered in the negative by this court in State v. Hendry, 309 So.2d 61 (Fla.2d DCA 1975). In the Hendry case, law enforcement officers received information from an unidentified passing motorist that some people in an automobile in Old Bridge Square had marijuana in their possession. A description of the car and the...

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