Legal Question in Traffic Law in Florida

Probable Cause

Dose a police officer have probable cause to pull a vehical over if he belives the driver has a suspended lisence.


Asked on 9/08/06, 1:50 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Richard Hornsby Richard E. Hornsby, P.A.

Re: Probable Cause

The answer is yes and no. In order to establish sufficient probable cause to stop a vehicle if the officer believes teh person's DL to be suspended, he needs to first verify visually that the driver matches the person whose DL is suspended. Once he does this he is generally allowed to stop the vehicle.

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Answered on 9/08/06, 3:00 pm


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