City of Pratt v. Stover

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

Stuart Stover appeals his K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 8-1567(a)(3) driving under the influence (DUI) conviction. The only issue is whether Florida v. J.L., 529 U.S. 266, 146 L. Ed. 2d 254, 120 S. Ct. 1375 (2000), an anonymous tip case, characterizes the informant’s tip here as lacking sufficient indicia of reliability to justify the officer’s investigatory stop.

We hold that J.L. does not control here. The phone tip relied on to stop Stover was not anonymous. The officer’s investigatory stop was justified. Finding no error, we affirm.

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