Peters v. State

I concur fully in the majority opinion and write only to make clear certain, specific facts of this case.

1. The record regarding the stop is quite clear. It is uncontroverted that Officers West and Waltower verbally ordered Peters to stop and, after he obeyed their command, the officers approached Peters for questioning. The officers did so solely because Peters was “hurrying” away from a known drug sale location. Peters appeared “nervous” to the officers only after he had already been stopped as shown by the following testimony first from the suppression hearing:

[Officer Waltower:] We…