Christopher Gilbert vs State of Florida

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA CHRISTOPHER GILBERT, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED CASE NO. 1D15-729 1D15-732 1D15-733 Appellee. _____________________________/ Opinion filed November 23, 2015. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Frank E. Sheffield, Judge. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Zachary Lawton, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, and Jillian H. Reding, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. ___, 135 S.Ct. 1609, 1615 (2015) (recognizing that an officer’s mission during a traffic stop typically involves ordinary inquiries incident to the traffic stop beyond determining whether to issue a traffic ticket, including: “checking the driver’s license, determining whether there are outstanding warrants against the driver, and inspecting the automobile’s registration and proof of insurance”). BENTON, OSTERHAUS, and BILBREY, JJ., CONCUR.

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