Morris v. State

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion because I do not believe, as the majority finds, that the police officers had reasonable suspicion that Morris either was engaged or was about to be engaged in criminal conduct.

It is well settled that an investigatory stop must be justified by some objective manifestation that the person stopped is, or is about to be, engaged in criminal conduct. See Barnes v. State, 228 Ga. App. *10544, 45 (491 SE2d 116) (1997); State v. Goodman, 220 Ga. App. 169, 172 (2) (469 SE2d 327) (1996); Oboh v. State, 217 Ga. App. 553, 555 (458 SE2d 177) (1995). Here, the…