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People v. Carlson

Citations

  • 677 P.2d 310
  • 1984 Colo. LEXIS 481

How courts have described this case

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  • extending Mimms rationale to investigatory stop on reasonable suspicion of traffic violation, in contrast to stop for purpose of issuing citation for known traffic violation as in Mimms
  • “Roadside sobriety testin g constitutes a full ‘search’ in the co nstitutional sense of that term and therefore must be support ed by probable cause.”
  • field sobriety test may be conducted only where officer has preexisting probable cause to arrest for driving under influ- ence
  • \Voluntariness is a question of fact to be determined from the totality of circumstances;\
  • \We conclude that a police officer in the course of a valid traffic stop may order the driver to get out of the car and walk to the rear of the vehicle ....\
  • probable cause required before ordering driver to perform field dexterity tests

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Judges: Does, Erickson, Neighbors, Quinn, Rovira

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