Legal Opinion
State v. Leavitt
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 11, 1999No. WD 56229PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIEDERER, Judge.
This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order sustaining Respondent’s motion to suppress evidence. We affirm.
Facts
On May 12, 1997, an officer of the Missouri State Highway patrol stopped a yellow taxi traveling 95 miles per hour on U.S. 36 Highway. The officer approached the vehicle and asked Respondent for her driver’s license. Respondent reached into a bag between the front seats of the vehicle, but was unable to produce her driver’s license. The officer testified that Respondent appeared nervous, but that that was not unusual for an individual pulled over for…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. RushingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1996
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1995
- State v. SlavinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
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3Cited by29 opinions
- State v. TackettMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000
- State v. TaberMissouri Court of Appeals · 2002
- State v. WoolfolkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1999
- State v. WeddleMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000
- State v. TrenterMissouri Court of Appeals · 2002
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