Case Name: PILLOW v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Court: Florida Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-04-01
Citations: 48 Fla. Supp. 2d 52
Docket Number: Case No. 90-7-AM (Lower Court Case Nos. 90-10644TT-42-L and 90-1161-MM-42-L)
Parties: PILLOW v STATE OF FLORIDA
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Supplement Second
Volume: 48
Pages: 52–53

Head Matter:
PILLOW v STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 90-7-AM (Lower Court Case Nos. 90-10644TT-42-L and 90-1161-MM-42-L)
Fifth Judicial Circuit, Lake County
April 1, 1991
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Michelle T. Morley, Esquire, for appellant.
James F. Feuerstein, Assistant State Attorney, for appellee.
Before McNEAL, BOOTH, SINGELTARY, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM.
The officer stopped Teresa L. Pillow for having a cracked tail light lens, discovered her driver's license was suspended, and searched her vehicle, finding drug paraphernalia. This situation presents a Kehoe question. Was the warrantless stop of the vehicle one which a reason able officer would have made absent the additional invalid purpose? See Kehoe v State, 521 So.2d 1094, 1097 (Fla. 1988). The officer testified that he "typically responded in the same manner" to defective equipment similar to a tail light. There is nothing in the record that refutes the officer's statement. See State v Gibson, 560 So.2d 1370 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990) ("normal practice" to stop cars with loud mufflers).
AFFIRMED. McNEAL, R., BOOTH, J., SINGELTARY, G., concur.