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Search and Seizure at Airports - Pensacola, Florida, National

By M. James Jenkins, Esq.

The Florida First District Court of Appeals on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 gave us some insight as to their interpretation of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) authority to search our luggage at airports in Florida. (Higerd v. State, 1st District. Case No. 1D09-4028. December 21, 2010). The First District Court of Appeals reviews trial court decisions from Pensacola, including, but not limited to, Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties. This is a case of "first impression" in Florida meaning that the issue in this case had not been decided by any appellate court in Florida including the Florida Supreme Court. Unlike many issues that arise in the search and seizure context under the Fourth Amendment even the United States Supreme Court has not directly ruled on reasonableness of domestic airport checkpoint searches...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Blog on December 23, 2010 (boomark / email).