COBB v. STATE

No. 85-2025.

511 So.2d 698 (1987)

Joseph King COBB, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Charles I. Poole, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

It is commonly held that flight at the sight of an approaching police officer is a suspicious circumstance which, when added to other suspicious circumstances, may justify the belief that the defendant was engaged in criminal activity and, therefore, an investigatory stop. See, e.g., A.E.R. v. State, 464 So.2d 152 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985) (trespassing complaint plus efforts to elude officers); ...

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