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Hammons v. State

Citations

  • 940 S.W.2d 424
  • 327 Ark. 520
  • 1997 Ark. LEXIS 127

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  • holding police turning on blue light showed display of authority such that reasonable person would not feel free to leave
  • holding that the defendant parked in a parking lot was seized for Fourth Amendment purposes, when police turned on the blue light on his vehicle, because the use of the light was display of authority that would indicate to reasonable person that he was not free to leave
  • defendant sitting in parked automobile was seized when police activated blue light; light was display of authority that would indicate to reasonable person he was not free to leave
  • defendant sitting in parked automobile was seized when police activated blue light; light was display of authority that would indicate to reasonable person he was not free to leave
  • defendant sitting in parked automobile was seized when police activated blue light; light was display of authority that would indicate to reasonable person he was not free to leave
  • defendant sitting in parked automobile was seized when police activated blue light; light was display of authority that would indicate to reasonable person he was not free to leave

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Judges: Brown

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