FLORIDA V. J. L.
529 U.S. 266 (2000)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over a stop and frisk based on an anonymous tip.
FACTS: An anonymous caller reported to the Police that a young black male standing at a
particular bus stop and wearing a plaid shirt was carrying a gun. Nothing was known about
the informant. Two officers were instructed to respond. They arrived at the bus stop about
six minutes later and saw three black males 'just hanging out [there].' One of the three,
respondent J. L. (D), was wearing a plaid shirt. Apart from the tip, the officers had no
reason to suspect any of the three of illegal conduct. The officers did not see a firearm,
and D made no threatening or otherwise unusual movements. One of the officers approached D.,
told him to put his hands up on the bus stop, frisked him, and seized a gun from D's pocket.
The second officer frisked the other two individuals, against whom no allegations had been
made, and found nothing. D was charged under state law with carrying a concealed firearm
without a license and possessing a firearm while under the age of 18. He moved to suppress
the gun as the fruit of an unlawful search, and the trial court granted his motion. The
intermediate appellate court reversed, but the Supreme Court of Florida quashed that
decision and held the search invalid under the Fourth Amendment. The Supreme granted
certiorari.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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