T.T. v. STATE

No. 4D18-442.

253 So.3d 15 (2018)

T.T., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 29, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Virginia Murphy , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Paul Patti, III , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


This case presents the question of whether the plain touch exception to the Fourth Amendment permits an officer, without a warrant, to seize objects felt during a weapons search, when the objects are not weapons and there is insufficient evidence of contraband. It does not. We reverse the defendant's conviction...

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