Sims v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This appeal involves a substantial question of law concerning the interpretation of Rule 3.1 of this court’s Rules of Criminal Procedure. Specifically, the appeal requires us to determine the extent to which an officer, during a traffic stop, may detain a person whom the officer suspects of committing a separate, drug-related offense. In early 1998, Blytheville Chief of Police Jesse King wrote to the Director of the Arkansas State Police, Colonel John Bailey, seeking permission for the Blytheville Police Department to patrol along portions of Interstate 55 that run through…