Woody v. State

In Woody v. State, 581 So. 2d 966 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), the Court reversed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence. Although the officer saw Mr. Woody take flight upon his arrival and hide in dense foliage, this court held that the officer's concern for the potential robbery or kidnapping of a pedestrian if the appellant were allowed to remain in the bushes was not supported by any articulable facts which would reasonably warrant such a concern. Rather any such concern was based on pure speculation; there was nothing to suggest any independent criminal activity afoot. 581 So. 2d at 967.