BENT v. STATE

No. 4D17-3885.

257 So.3d 501 (2018)

Symone Justine BENT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 24, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Narine N. Austin , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mitchell A. Egber , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


May an officer, based on information provided by store employees, handcuff an appellant on suspicion of shoplifting although the shoplifting did not occur in the officer's presence? Because the legislature enacted section 812.015(3)(a), Florida Statutes, which provides that law enforcement may detain based on probable cause developed...

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