State v. Thomas

Full title: THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. SAMETOLA THOMAS, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Oct 25, 1983

439 So. 2d 983 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

Opinion

No. 82-2197.

October 25, 1983.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Dade County; Arthur I. Snyder, Judge.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Marti Rothenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968); Levin v. State (Fla. 3d DCA 1983) (Case No. 82-1681; opinion filed September 13, 1983) [8 FLW 2298]; cf. State v. Ramos, 378 So.2d 1294, 1298 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979) (upholding temporary detention and frisk under "limited circumstances" where observation of bulge under defendant's clothing, consistent with the outline of a firearm, was coupled with other incriminating facts.)