Stokes v. State

JIM GUNTER, Justice.

This appeal arises from a decision of the Conway County Circuit Court denying Appellant Linda Stokes’s motion to suppress. We reverse and remand.

On July 31, 2007, Appellant and a passenger, Amy Howard, were traveling along Interstate 40 when Officer Eric Lee noticed that the vehicle was traveling below the speed limit at 60 miles per hour. Officer Lee testified that once he got behind the vehicle, it made a hasty exit off of the interstate into Plumerville. Officer Lee could see Appellant and the passenger watching him out of the mirrors. According to Lee, “the vehicle…