Frette v. City of Springdale

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

The primary issue in this case is whether a police officer acted lawfully in ordering appellant, Paul Frette, the occupant of a parked tractor-trailer, out of his vehicle. The officer, who suspected that Frette was intoxicated, acted solely on the basis of a tip phoned in by an identified citizen informant. We conclude that the tip carried with it sufficient indicia of reliability to give the officer reasonable suspicion to justify an investigatory stop. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion to suppress.

While there was no…