Utah Supreme Court· 10/28/2015

State v. Anderson

Citations

2015 UT 90
362 P.3d 1232
798 Utah Adv. Rep. 5
2015 Utah LEXIS 271

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holding that seizure of defendant who had stopped his car on the side of a rural highway at night and activated his vehicle’s hazard lights was justified under the public servant exception to the community caretaking doctrine
concluding the seizure of a motorist stopped at the side of a highway in below-zero temperatures with his vehicle’s hazard lights on was “minimally invasive” because: (1) the vehicle was parked, not driving; (2
finding a seizure minimally invasive, given the purpose of the welfare check, because the occupant was parked, the officers' weapons were not drawn, and the seizure was only long enough for the officer to approach and ask whether the occupant needed aid

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Judges: Durham, Lee, Himonas, Due

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