13 Va. App. 162 - Commonwealth v. Eaves’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 10 state decisions

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1. “Unlike the situation in [Murphy v. Commonwealth, 9 Va.App. 139 , 384 S.E.2d 125 (1989) ] where no suspicious circumstances existed apart from a lawful turn onto an existing roadway, [the officer who stopped appellee] characterized Eaves’ turn into the deceleration lane as ‘abrupt,’ ‘immediate’ and ‘quick.’ While Eaves was not legally required to give a signal of his intention to turn because no other vehicles were affected by his movement, the fact that he gave his signal while he was making the turn, rather than some distance before, is a factor supporting [the officer’s] conclusion that the decision to turn was not contemplated but, rather, was spontaneous and as a result of Eaves’ observation of the checkpoint. Under the circumstances of this case, as disclosed by the record, we hold that [the officer] possessed reasonable suspicion that Eaves’ purpose in turning was. to avoid the roadblock.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 412 Pa. Super. 100 - Commonwealth v. Metz

2. “he stopped the vehicle because of the manner in which the operator made the U-turn, because the turn was abrupt and because the signal was given at the last moment before the turn was executed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Heyer

3. “put on his signal `right at' a turn or deceleration lane leading into a crossover, made a U-turn, and headed back in the northbound lane in the direction from which he had come.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Heyer