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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Supreme Court has ruled evidence may be tossed in some cases if police turn on their cars' flashing lights without any suspicion of a crime.
The justices Thursday unanimously agreed that scenario is a key factor, but not the only one, in determining whether evidence has been illegally seized.
The U.S. Constitution prohibits such seizures unless police have a reasonable suspicion a crime has been or is being committed.
The ruling, though, didn't help a Miami-Dade County juvenile identified only as G.M.
The high court decided by a 5-2 vote he did not see the flashing lights of a police car before officers spotted him with marijuana in a parked car.
Ruling: Police Lights May Void Evidence - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville
The justices Thursday unanimously agreed that scenario is a key factor, but not the only one, in determining whether evidence has been illegally seized.
The U.S. Constitution prohibits such seizures unless police have a reasonable suspicion a crime has been or is being committed.
The ruling, though, didn't help a Miami-Dade County juvenile identified only as G.M.
The high court decided by a 5-2 vote he did not see the flashing lights of a police car before officers spotted him with marijuana in a parked car.
Ruling: Police Lights May Void Evidence - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville