Murray v. State

STEELE, Chief Justice,

for the majority:

Three officers completed a traffic stop along with the ancillary, permissible inquiries. Then, a probation officer continued to question one of the car’s passengers, a probationer, even though the officer testified he had no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. An officer who pulls a car over for speeding does not thereby gain free rein to ask as many questions, for as long a time, as he might wish. Further investigation requires further justification. Because the officer lacked reasonable suspicion, we reverse the trial judge’s denial of a motion…