Thompson v. State

I respectfully dissent from the unpublished memorandum in this case, which holds that the trial court correctly denied the appellant’s motion to suppress. The police officer’s actions in stopping the appellant in this case were not justified under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). Under Terry and its progeny, a law enforcement officer is authorized to stop any person the officer reasonably believes is involved in criminal activity in order to question that person. See § 15-5-30, Code of Alabama 1975.

Here, the officer testified that the appellant did not appear…