Supreme Court of Kansas· 7/11/2003

State v. Morris

Citations

72 P.3d 570
276 Kan. 11
2003 Kan. LEXIS 398

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phrasing the question as whether circumstances surrounding the incident “would communicate to reasonable person that he or she is not free to leave”
discussing a string of cases dealing with the use of emergency lights as a show of authority
officers had reasonable suspicion to further detain individual after they smelled chemical odor coming from inside vehicle and saw camp stove in plain view
activation of emergency lights is a show of authority that renders encounter involuntary
court found encounter was not consensual when officers parked behind the motorist's truck that was stopped in a secluded location off a roadway, activated the emergency lights, and illuminated the back of the truck with spotlights

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Judges: Luckert, Abbott, Gernon, Larson, Brazil

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