State of Iowa v. Matthew David Daugharthy

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• holding officer had probable cause - 18 - J. S90041-16 to stop vehicle after observing vehicle briefly cross double yellow line into oncoming traffic
• holding officer had probable cause to stop vehicle after observing vehicle briefly cross double yellow line into oncoming traffic
• stating that the statutory language of section 3309(1), which requires motorists to -7- J-S47037-19 maintain a single lane “as nearly as practicable,” “does not foreclose minor deviations.”
• noting the probable cause standard requires an officer to articulate specific facts to believe that there was a violation of a provision of the Vehicle Code
• upholding stop under similar traffic violation but noting its analysis did not “foreclose the possibility that a momentary and minor violation of [75 Pa. C.S.A.] § 3301 might, in a different case, be insufficient to establish probable cause for a vehicle stop”
• “Where a vehicle stop has no investigatory purpose, the police officer must have probable cause to support it”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).