State v. Wixom

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that stopping a motorist merely for passing an accident site was unreasonable
• community caretaking did not justify the stop of a motorist passing by an accident scene long after the accident so the officer could inquire whether the occupants had any information about the accident
• “The community caretaking function involves the duty of police officers to help citizens in need of assistance”
• community caretaking did not justify the stop of a motorist passing by an accident scene long after the accident so the officer could find out whether the occupants had any information about the accident

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).