Legal Opinion
State of Missouri v. Nicholas Carr
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided September 9, 2014No. WD76623PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARK D. PFEIFFER, Presiding Judge.
The State of Missouri appeals the suppression ruling of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri (“trial court”), granting Nicholas R. Carr’s (“Carr”) motion to suppress evidence and statements. In this interlocutory appeal, 1 the question presented is whether a police officer’s act of approaching an individual to speak with the individual constitutes a Terry 2 stop implicating the Fourth Amendment. We conclude that under the undisputed factual circumstances of this ease, it does not. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s suppression ruling and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by6 opinions
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