Supreme Court· 12/15/2014

Heien v. North Carolina

Citations

135 S. Ct. 530
190 L. Ed. 2d 475
2014 U.S. LEXIS 8306
83 U.S.L.W. 4021
25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 20

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holding that “a mistake of law can nonetheless give rise to the reasonable suspicion necessary to uphold [a] seizure under; the Fourth Amendment”
holding that an officer's mistake of law was reasonable if the statute contained at least some ambiguity and the issue has not been resolved by a State's appellate court
concluding that police officer’s mistaken belief that ambiguous vehicle code required more than one functional brake light was objectively reasonable
holding that, under Fourth Amendment, reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop can rest on a reasonable mistake of law
holding that an officer’s mistake of law was objectively reasonable because, in part, North Carolina appellate courts had not previously interpreted the state provision
holding that a reasonable mistake of law can \give rise to the reasonable suspicion necessary to uphold [a] seizure under the Fourth Amendment\

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