Legal Opinion
State v. O'MEARA
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 2000No. CR-99-0226-PRPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARTONE, Justice.
¶ 1 We granted review to resolve a conflict between Division One and Division Two of the Court of Appeals on the approach taken to evaluate the “totality of the circumstances” surrounding reasonable suspicion to support a detention.
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¶2 Detective Jesus Lopez saw four men loitering in front of a K-Mart in Tucson. They then got into a maroon car and sat for about fifteen minutes. One of them got out of the car, walked towards the front of the K-Mart, and talked to O’Meara for a few minutes. The other three men got out of the maroon car and into a gray car parked nearby.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Illinois v. WardlowSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- State v. MagnerCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1998
- State v. O'MEARACourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2000
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