192 N.C. App. 684 - State v. Murray’s Empirical Analysis

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20 state decisions

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1. “never articulated any specific facts about the vehicle itself to justify the stop; instead, all of the facts relied on by the trial court in its conclusions of law were general to the area, namely, the “break-ins of property at Motorsports Industrial Park . . . the businesses were closed at this hour ... no residences were located there . . . this was in the early hours of the morning,” and would justify the stop of any vehicle there.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 209 N.C. App. 358 - State v. Chlopek · 264 N.C. App. 711 - State v. Horton

2. “suspicious vehicle” had been seen in that location); State v. Fox, 58 N.C. App. 692, 695 , 294 S.E.2d 410, 412-13 (1982) (reasonable suspicion based on the very early morning hour, the location on a dead-end street with locked businesses in an area with a high incidence of property crime, the appearance of the driver contrasted with the nature of the vehicle, the driver’s apparent attempt to avoid the officer’s gaze, and the officer’s belief that one of the businesses had been broken into that same night), aff’d per curiam, 307 N.C. 460 , 298 S.E.2d 388 (1983); State v. Tillett, 50 N.C. App. 520, 521-24 , 274 S.E.2d 361, 362-64 (reasonable suspicion based on late hour and bad weather at time of stop, location on one-lane dirt road in “heavily wooded, seasonably unoccupied” area, reports of “firelighting” deer, and the fact that officer did not observe an inspection sticker on the vehicle), appeal dismissed, 302 N.C. 633 , 280 S.E.2d 448 (1981). 3 . “Dogs love to go for rides. A dog will happily get into any vehicle going anywhere.” Dave Barry (humor columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author).. 4 . We further note that while the officer in Murray was patrolling the Park as part of increased security measures implemented “following reports of break-ins of vehicles and businesses in the Park[,]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 209 N.C. App. 358 - State v. Chlopek

3. “'even though the purpose of the stop is limited and the resulting detention quite brief.' " State v. Murray , 192 N.C. App. 684 , 687, 666 S.E.2d 205 , 207 (2008) (quoting Delaware v. Prouse , 440 U.S. 648 , 653, 99 S.Ct. 1391 , 1393, 59 L.Ed.2d 660 , 667 (1979) ). Reasonable suspicion is "based on specific and articulable facts, as well as the rational inferences from those facts, as viewed through the eyes of a reasonable, cautious officer, guided by his experience and training.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 711 - State v. Horton