215 N.C. App. 1 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “1. That on May 21st, 2008 Sgt. Randy Cass with the Iredell County Sheriff’s Department was working on patrol duty on Interstate 77 South here in Iredell County. 2. That about 10:55 AM that he observed a white SUV with what appeared to be illegally tinted windows, at which time he initiated a traffic stop. 3. Sgt. Cass approached the vehicle and spoke with the occupants briefly, then asked the driver, later identified as Perez, to step out of the vehicle. 4. The officer had Perez step to the front of his vehicle and asked where they were coming from. Perez eventually stated they were coming from Houston, Texas, even though they were traveling south on the interstate. 5. That during this conversation Perez could not articulate their destination, even in general terms, even though she was driving the vehicle. Perez further stated that she and the defendant were cousins. 6. Sgt. Cass then spoke with the passenger, later identified as Defendant Williams, who was still seated in the vehicle. 7. During this conversation Ms. Williams stated they were coming from Kentucky and headed to Club Kryptonite in Myrtle Beach. 8. When asked Williams said that Perez was her cousin and claimed a familial relationship initially, but then later stated they simply called each other cousins based on their close and long term relationship. 9. Ms. Williams produced driver’s licenses from the states of Arizona and Texas and had indicated the car was owned by a Mend of hers, that she intended to purchas”

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