Legal Opinion · Dissent

State v. Fox

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided September 7, 1982No. 8126SC1367Published

1Dissent

Judge BECTON

dissenting.

In Delaware v. Prouse, 440 U.S. 648, 663, 59 L.Ed. 2d 660, 673, 99 S.Ct. 1391, 1401 (1979), the United States Supreme Court held that. . . except in those situations in which there is at least ar-ticulable and reasonable suspicion that a motorist is unli*696censed or that an automobile is not registered, or that either the vehicle or an occupant is otherwise subject to seizure for violation of law, stopping an automobile and detaining the driver in order to check his driver’s license and the registration of the automobile are unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
  5. State v. TillettCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1981

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