Legal Opinion
State v. Paro
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided July 10, 2012No. Nos. 11-184 & 11-185PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶ 1. This case presents a simple set of facts and a single question for review: whether a truck idling in the middle of the night in the parking lot of an auto repair shop that had previously been burglarized is sufficient to give police reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminal activity. We hold that this set of facts, without additional indicia of wrongdoing, is not enough to give an officer reasonable suspicion. We reverse.
*620II2. Defendant Nicole Paro does not challenge the facts as found by the trial court; she challenges only the trial court’s legal conclusion that, given the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Alabama v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- State v. EmiloSupreme Court of Vermont · 1984
- State v. PittsSupreme Court of Vermont · 2009
- State v. ButkovichCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1987
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3Cited by8 opinions
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