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Idaho Supreme Court· 12/22/2004

State v. Baker

Citations

  • 107 P.3d 1214
  • 141 Idaho 163
  • 2004 Ida. LEXIS 224

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that an officer did not seize the defendant by approaching the defendant’s car after using a spotlight to illuminate it
  • stating that Idaho “joins the many other jurisdictions which have held that the use of a spotlight alone would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he was not free to leave, though it may be considered under the totality of the circumstances”
  • stating that Idaho “joins the many other jurisdictions which have held that the use of a spotlight alone would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he was not free to leave, though it may be considered under the totality of the circumstances”
  • no seizure when spotlight was used; citing cases with similar holdings
  • use of spotlight is no seizure; collecting cases holding the same
  • no seizure when spotlight was used; citing cases with similar holdings

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Judges: Kidwell, Schroeder, Trout, Eismann, Burdick

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