Legal Opinion
State v. Torelli
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 11, 2007No. AC 27709PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
Pursuant to Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S. Ct. 1868, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1968), a police officer has authority, under the fourth amendment to the United States constitution, to stop the driver of a car if the officer has a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the driver has engaged in illegal conduct. The principal issue in this appeal is whether an informant’s report of an erratic driver exhibited sufficient indicia of reliability to justify a Terry stop of the driver for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, even though the police…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Florida v. J. L.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Florida v. JLSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by13 opinions
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