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State v. Johnson

Citations

  • 444 N.W.2d 824
  • 1989 Minn. LEXIS 216
  • 1989 WL 100017

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that reasonable articulable suspicion was established when a motorist made evasive moves immediately after seeing a trooper's vehicle
  • holding that reasonable articulable suspicion was established when a motorist made evasive moves immediately after seeing a trooper’s vehicle
  • holding even “innocent activity might justify the suspicion of criminal activity”
  • finding vehicle lawfully stopped when a trooper inferred driver was trying to evade him after he observed the motorist make eye contact with him and immediately turn onto a side road and then reemerge
  • “While defendant’s behavior may have been consistent with innocent behavior, it also reasonably caused the officer to suspect that defendant was deliberately trying to evade him.”
  • “The suspicion that the officer must be able to articulate must be more than an unarticulated ‘hunch;’ the officer must be able to point to something that objectively supports his suspicion.”

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Judges: Yetka, Wahl, Popovich

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