R.A. v. State

At about 1:40 in the morning, literally within minutes after a telephoned report that several juveniles were breaking into a public school, police arriving at the otherwise deserted scene saw several juveniles emerging from a dead end street a short distance from the school where the investigating officer knew that any burglars might attempt to escape. As a matter of common sense and *1244therefore of the law, it seems obvious to me — and I believe that any member of the public, much less any law enforcement officer, would be astonished to learn to the contrary — that under the “totality of…