Legal Opinion

State v. Kirton

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 24, 2011No. 2011-KK-1201PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.1

|Granted. The ruling of the trial court granting the motion to suppress and finding no probable cause is reversed, and this case is remanded for further proceedings.

In determining whether reasonable suspicion exists to conduct an investigatory stop, courts must take into account the totality of the circumstances in a process that allows police to draw upon their own experience and specialized training to make inferences from and deductions about the cumulative information available to them that might elude an untrained person. State v. Fearheiley, 08-0307, p. 1 (La.4/18/08), 979…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. State v. FisherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
  3. State v. FearheileySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
  4. State v. CareyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2003

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. BushSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2012
  2. State v. GoldenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  3. State v. MylesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015

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