Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 12/24/1987
State v. Caron
Citations
- 534 A.2d 978
- 1987 Me. LEXIS 888
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding officer’s observation of “brief, one time straddling of the center line of an undivided highway” did not justify stop (emphasis added)
- holding that the officer lacked reasonable articulable suspicion upon observing a “single, brief straddling of the center line of the undivided highway, 15 with no oncoming traffic in sight and no vehicles passing on the left, not constituting a violation of any traffic law”
- finding an officer's suspicion after observing only one straddle of the center line to be a mere hunch or speculation, and not objectively Page 4 of 8 reasonable
- stop may not be based on several brief, incidental lane violations that did I not present a traffic safety issue
- one straddle of centerline does not alone lead to reasonable articulable suspicion
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Judges: Nichols, Roberts, Wathen, Glassman, Scolnik, Clifford
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28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. PinkhamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-10-24· cited 104×
- United States v. Eric Colin, United States of America v. Efrain Estrada-NavaNinth Circuit· 2002-12-31· cited 97×
- Rowe v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-04-04· cited 88×
- State v. DulacSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1992-01-03· cited 35×
- State v. PorterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2008-12-02· cited 34×
- State v. LaForgeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2012-05-15· cited 29×
- State v. PrattSupreme Court of Vermont· 2007-07-20· cited 29×
- State v. SampsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1996-01-12· cited 26×
- State v. BurgessSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2001-07-20· cited 24×
- State v. LafondSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2002-07-31· cited 24×
- State v. CusackSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1994-10-27· cited 22×
- State v. O'ROURKESupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2001-11-29· cited 14×
- State v. BrownSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1996-04-26· cited 13×
- State v. D'ANGELOSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1992-02-28· cited 11×
- State v. PinkhamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1991-02-07· cited 11×
- State v. HatchSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1992-10-07· cited 10×
- State of Maine v. Herbert R. Simmons Sr.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2016-04-05· cited 9×
- State v. PelletierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1988-06-01· cited 8×
- State v. KneelandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1988-12-14· cited 8×
- State v. CarnevaleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1991-10-31· cited 7×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- State v. GriffinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-04-27· cited 53×
- State v. ChapmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1985-07-03· cited 41×
- State v. GarlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-09-06· cited 28×
- State v. WentworthSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-07-16· cited 8×
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