Legal Opinion
State v. Cyrus
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 9, 2008No. AC 28889PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
Pursuant to Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S. Ct. 1868, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1968), a police officer has the authority, under the fourth amendment to the United States constitution, to stop the operator of a car if the officer has a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the operator has engaged in illegal conduct. In furtherance of this constitutional principle, our Supreme Court has held that a police officer has the right to conduct a Terry stop even if the reason for the stop is only that the officer observed an infraction under our traffic laws. State v. Dukes, 209 Conn.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. PeelerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. DukesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
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3Cited by9 opinions
- People v. MottAppellate Court of Illinois · 2009
- State v. CyrusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Urich v. FishConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
- State v. OcasioConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
- State v. BurnsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
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