Goshay v. State
The Fourth District affirmed denial of a motion to suppress cocaine found during a traffic stop, holding that a vehicle that comes to rest with its body straddling and clearly past a stop line has not stopped 'at' the line as required by section 316.123(2)(a), Florida Statutes. The court engaged in an extended textualist analysis of the word 'at,' surveyed conflicting out-of-state authority, and agreed with (while critiquing the reasoning of) the Fifth District's Daniels decision.
Key facts
- Goshay was charged with possession of cocaine following a traffic stop based on a vehicle stop-line violation.
- Police stopped Goshay's vehicle after it came to rest with its body straddling and clearly past a stop line.
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Why it matters
This opinion gives Florida practitioners a reasoned, text-based standard for litigating stop-sign/stop-line suppression issues, an extremely common predicate for vehicle searches and DUI/possession prosecutions. While… — full analysis with a trial
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