Legal Opinion

State v. Tillett

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided February 3, 1981No. 801SC717PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendants first contend, based on their first, second, fourth, fifth, seventh, and ninth assignments of error, that the trial court erred in denying their motions to suppress because the findings of fact made by the trial judge after a hearing on the motions do not support the court’s conclusion that “Officer Wagoner had reasonable suspicions based upon definite facts that the defendants were engaged in or had engaged in criminal conduct” when he stopped defendants’ vehicle. We disagree. Generally, in deference to the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Brown v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. State v. CherrySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. WatkinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
  2. Commonwealth v. SkeaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
  3. State v. BlackstockCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2004
  4. State v. CorpeningCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1993
  5. State v. MurrayCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2008

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