State v. Everett

QUINCE, Judge.

The state seeks reversal of an order of the trial court granting Harold Everett’s motion to suppress evidence obtained after a traffic stop. We reverse because the stop was not pretextual; a reasonable officer would have stopped the vehicle absent an additional invalid purpose.

A police officer observed Everett’s vehicle abruptly turn right without signalling. The officer was travelling behind Everett’s vehicle, and he stopped Everett based on his observations. When the officer asked Everett for his license, he provided the officer with his name because he did not have his…