State v. Hess

STEPHENS, Judge.

On 15 May 2004, Officer Jarrett Doty of the Granite Quarry Police Department was on patrol in an unmarked vehicle. At approximately 9:32 p.m., Officer Doty pulled his automobile “in behind a Pontiac vehiclef.]” It was dark and Officer Doty could not determine the sex, race, or ethnicity of the driver of the Pontiac, or how many individuals were riding inside. Officer Doty traveled behind the Pontiac for approximately “[a] milef,] ... [m]aybe two miles” and did not observe the driver of the vehicle commit any traffic violations or weave in the lane of travel. Nevertheless,…