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Supreme Court of North Carolina· 6/8/2018

State v. Nicholson

Citations

  • 813 S.E.2d 840
  • 371 N.C. 284

Syllabus

Motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of defendant's questioning by a police officer whether the officer who detained defendant for questioning had reasonable suspicion that criminal activity was afoot whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress.

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that the “officer’s subjective opinion is not material” in determining whether reasonable suspicion exists
  • “Assessments of reasonable suspicion are often fact intensive, and courts must always view facts offered to support reasonable suspicion in their totality rather than in isolation.”
  • “Assessments of reasonable suspicion are often fact intensive, and courts must always view facts offered to support reasonable suspicion in their totality rather than in isolation.”
  • “[W]e consider whether the inferred findings arising from the uncontested evidence presented by [the officer] at the suppression hearing support the trial court’s conclusion that reasonable suspicion existed to justify defendant’s seizure.”
  • “[W]e consider whether the inferred factual findings arising from the uncontested evidence presented by [the trooper] at the suppression hearing support the trial court’s conclusion that reasonable suspicion existed to justify defendant’s seizure.”

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Judges: Hudson

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