Case Name: Simon Dwayne SINCLAIR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-04-16
Citations: 816 So. 2d 149
Docket Number: No. 1D00-5100
Parties: Simon Dwayne SINCLAIR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BENTON and POLSTON, JJ., concur; ERVIN, J., dissents with opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 816
Pages: 149–152

Head Matter:
Simon Dwayne SINCLAIR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D00-5100.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 16, 2002.
Rehearing Denied May 16, 2002.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; G. Kay Witt, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Alan R. Dakan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In response to a complaint about a prowler, sheriffs deputies searched without finding anybody until they came upon the appellant an hour and a half later walking west along a road he could have reached from the neighborhood they had searched earlier. It was two o'clock in the morning and he was carrying clothes under his arm. On seeing the sheriffs deputy's car, he turned and began walking east. When the deputy got out of the car and indicated he wanted to speak to him, the appellant turned around again and started west. At this point, the trial judge concluded, there was reasonable suspicion justifying stopping him to ask for identification. We agree and affirm. See United States v. Arvizu, 534 U.S. 266, 122 S.Ct. 744, 151 L.Ed.2d 740 (2002); Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119, 120 S.Ct. 673, 145 L.Ed.2d 570 (2000); State v. Maynard, 783 So.2d 226 (Fla.2001); State v. Mack, 66 S.W.3d 706 (Mo.2002).
Affirmed.
BENTON and POLSTON, JJ., concur; ERVIN, J., dissents with opinion.