Florida v. Bostick

Uniformed sheriff's officers boarded a bus and approached Bostick (defendant), asking for identification and, after identifying themselves as narcotics agents, requesting to search his luggage while informing him he had the right to refuse. Bostick consented, and the officers found drugs; the Florida Supreme Court held the encounter itself was an unconstitutional seizure that negated his consent, and Florida (plaintiff) sought review from the U.S. Supreme Court.