State v. Ruud

Upon stopping the vehicle, the officer checked defendant’s driver’s license and sought to check the registration papers for the vehicle. This is undisputed. However, it is also undisputed that the reason for stopping the car was not for a good faith driver’s license or a registration check. Rather, the stop was on the basis of the officer’s “hunch” that the car was stolen. The officer arrived at this “hunch” after observing a young female driving a fairly new pickup with a camper shell and with an out-of-state license plate. These three facts do not provide a basis for an investigatory stop.…