751 So. 2d 290 - State v. Waters’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Whren v. United States · 338 So. 2d 584 - State v. Crosby · 567 So. 2d 1081 - Moresi v. State, Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries · Anderson v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
Most-quoted passages
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“[i]n the absence of any testimony ... that defendant's vehicle ever left the confines of his vehicle's lane of travel, or that his contact with the fog line was coupled with other suspicious action, it was unreasonable for [the officers] to initiate an investigatory stop based solely on the officers' observations of defendant's vehicle veering to the right and making a single contact with the fog line on the side of the road.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[w]hen someone's driving indicates impairment, it is not unreasonable to stop them briefly to ascertain if they are fatigued or intoxicated and thus insure the safety of the driver, and passengers, and the public.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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