State v. Kacsir

Hill, J.;

Introduction

Stephanie Anne Kacsir drove onto the shoulder of Interstate-70 in Topeka and stopped her car less than 100 hundred yards in front of a parked Kansas Highway Patrol car. Seeing this, the trooper pulled up and turned on his emergency lights. The trooper later testified he approached Kacsir to see if she was having mechanical problems with her car, if she needed directions, or if there was a medical emergency. Kansas courts recognize that police can make legal public safety stops of vehicles if die reasons for the stop are based on specific and articulable facts. We make two…