Lenuel Josia Velazquez v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledNovember 6, 2026
Docket6D2025-2071
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 6D2025-2071
Lower Tribunal No. 2024-CF-016675-A-O
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LENUEL JOSIA VELAZQUEZ,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County.
Barbara J. Leach, Judge.
November 6, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Phoenix v. State, 455 So. 2d 1024, 1025 (Fla. 1984)
(โCommon sense dictates that law enforcement officials, when they are outside their
jurisdictions, should not be any less capable, by virtue of their position, of making a
felony arrest than a private citizen.โ).
NARDELLA, WHITE and GANNAM, JJ., concur.
Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Tosha Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow,
for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Zachary L. Wiseman, Assistant
Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED
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