Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 10, 2006No. 25,031PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CASTILLO, Judge.
{1} In this case, we must determine if an individual’s Fourth Amendment rights are implicated when a law enforcement officer requests a driver’s license from the driver of a parked car. Because a reasonable person, in these circumstances, would not feel free to disregard the police officer’s request for a driver’s license, we conclude that Defendant was detained and that the detention must be justified by individualized reasonable suspicion. We also conclude that before requesting the driver’s license, the officer did not have specific, articulable facts to create an…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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