Carl Richard Cook v. State of Mississippi

¶21. Respectfully, I dissent from the majority’s decision to reverse Carl Cook’s conviction for misdemeanor driving under the influence (DUI). Consistent with this Court’s decision in Floyd v. City of Crystal Springs, 749 So.2d 110 (Miss.1999), both the trial court and the Court of Appeals correctly found that the authorities had reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigatory traffic stop in this instance.

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¶ 22. At trial in county court, Cook moved to dismiss his DUI charge following the State’s case-in-chief, on the basis that his Fourth-Amendment rights were violated. Cook claimed…