State v. Watkins

Judge Eagles

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent and yote to reverse and remand for trial. Since there was brief radio communication between officers, we look to the “collective knowledge” of both officers in assessing whether a reasonable articulable suspicion existed for the stop here. United States v. Kreimes, 649 F.2d 1185 (5th Cir. 1981); see State v. Zuniga, 312 N.C. 251, 322 S.E.2d 140 (1984); State v. Tilley, 44 N.C. App. 313, 260 S.E.2d 794 (1979). The circumstances known by the law enforcement officers before approaching defendant were:

*773(1) The time was around 3:00 a.m.;(2) Deputy…