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State v. Fry

Citations

  • 831 P.2d 942
  • 122 Idaho 100
  • 1991 Ida. App. LEXIS 208

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that unless the officer conveys a message that compliance is required, the encounter is deemed consensual
  • explaining that officers may generally ask individuals questions and ask to examine identification
  • seizure occurred when one officer stood behind vehicle blocking exit while another officer knocked on the driver’s window and began questioning driver
  • “[the officer] asked Fry what he was doing____ Unlike other cases in which the police request the subject’s cooperation in answering questions, the inquiry here as to what Fry was doing did not give Fry the option of answering or not.”

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Judges: Walters, Silak, Fuller

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