Crauthers v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that a community caretaker stop is not analyzed as an investigatory stop requiring articulable suspicion
• requests for assistance from the public fall within a law enforcement officer’s “community earetaking function”
• observation of facts and circumstances that lead to reasonable conclusion driver is requesting assistance
• a car pulled next to a police car. The driver rolled down his window and appeared to seek assistance. The officer activated his flashing lights as a safety precaution and stopped the car to inquire what was needed
• driver rolled down his window; officer reasonably believed he was requesting assistance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).