State v. Dunbar

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[a] traffic stop for defective equipment must be premised upon a defect in equipment that is required under West Virginia law”
• holding that a stop based on a mistake of law was not valid where officer incorrectly believed a broken side mirror violated the law
• pertinent inquiry is whether the equipment defect renders the vehicle unsafe or constitutes “[a] violation of state law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• $7,850 in U.S. Currency (Donald Asbury) v. State of West Virginia
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-12-04
• State of West Virginia v. Bernard Lee Greer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-11-21
• State of West Virginia v. Larry Dale Lilly
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2015-04-13
• State of West Virginia v. Terry Abbott
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2016-06-03
• State of West Virginia v. Candice Brown
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2017-03-13
• State of West Virginia v. Latizhon Hill
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2017-04-10
• State of West Virginia v. Lawrence Foye
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2025-05-20

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Whren v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-05-15· cited 7,105×
• Delaware v. Prouse
  Supreme Court· 1979-03-27· cited 5,549×
• Berkemer v. McCarty
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 4,856×
• Illinois v. Wardlow
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-19· cited 4,162×
• United States v. Arvizu
  Supreme Court· 2002-01-15· cited 3,936×
• United States v. Branch
  Fourth Circuit· 2008-08-20· cited 319×
• United States v. John Michael Perkins
  Fourth Circuit· 2004-04-07· cited 225×
• State v. Stuart
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-12-08· cited 146×
• Kennedy v. Frazier
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-03-18· cited 135×
• United States v. Stephen Digiovanni
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-07-25· cited 132×
• Fruehauf Corp. v. Huntington Moving & Storage Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-09-09· cited 101×
• Doctor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-03-12· cited 99×
• Hilton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-07-05· cited 60×
• United States v. Guijon-Ortiz
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-11-10· cited 59×
• People v. Gomez
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-04-06· cited 37×
• Community Antenna Service, Inc. v. Charter Communications VI, LLC
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-06-23· cited 24×
• Strick v. CICCHIRILLO
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2009-05-01· cited 6×
• State v. Reid
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-01-23· cited 3×