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State v. Moats

Citations

  • 251 Or. App. 568
  • 284 P.3d 568
  • 2012 WL 3195146
  • 2012 Ore. App. LEXIS 989

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  • holding that “questions from a police officer to a citizen — even questions an ordinary citizen would regard as offensive — do not, by themselves constitute a sufficient show of authority to effect a seizure”
  • concluding that officer did not stop defendant by approaching his parked car and stating his concern that defendant might be tres- passing, then asking questions about suspicious behavior of another occupant during the contact

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Judges: Brewer, Ortega, Sercombe

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