State v. Johnson

I respectfully dissent. The activities of the defendant in the instant case did not justify an investigative stop under the principles articulated in Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 21, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 1879-80, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). It is true, as the majority notes, that the fourth amendment of the United States Constitution permits officers to temporarily stop citizens for investigative purposes if the officer has “a reasonable suspicion supported by articulable facts that criminal activity ‘may be afoot.’ ” United States v. Sokolow, — U.S. -, *828109 S.Ct. 1581, 1585, 104 L.Ed.2d 1 (1989). In…