2012 Ark. App. 118 - James v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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23 state decisions

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1. “the key word is 'suspects,' and reasonable suspicion does not require that an officer 'rule out the possibility of innocent conduct.' " Casey v. State , 2016 Ark. App. 98 , at 7, 483 S.W.3d 327 , 331. In determining whether an officer had reasonable suspicion, courts recognize that "when used by trained law enforcement officers, objective facts, meaningless to the untrained, can be combined with permissible deductions from such facts to form a legitimate basis for suspicion of a particular person and for action on that suspicion.”

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

2. “'Reasonable suspicion' means a suspicion based on facts or circumstances which of themselves do not give rise to the probable cause requisite to justify a lawful arrest, but which give rise to more than a bare suspicion.”

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