J.H.P. v. STATE

No. 94-378.

642 So.2d 1196 (1994)

J.H.P. a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Anne Moorman Reeves, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


COBB, Judge.

The issue here concerns the legality of a seizure and search following a "police-citizen encounter." The facts are essentially undisputed. A Melbourne police officer received a radio call from an informant with regard to "a suspicious incident, possible drug dealing in progress." The informant reported that "three black males (were) standing in the area," which the officer described as a drug area. Upon his arrival at the specified location the officer...

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