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December 14, 2022

State v. Eagle: Blue Lights and Impeded Egress Equal a Fourth Amendment Seizure

The North Carolina Court of Appeals in State v. Eagle, 2022-NCCOA-680, ___ N.C. App. ___, 879 S.E.2d 377 (2022), considered whether the driver of a car that had already stopped […]

May 24, 2018

State v. Turnage and Determining When a Defendant is Seized

Shea Denning

A Fourth Amendment seizure does not occur when an officer turns on her patrol vehicle’s lights and siren to signal for a vehicle to stop. Instead, it occurs when a […]

March 28, 2017

When Does a Seizure Occur When an Officer’s Vehicle Displays Emergency Lights That Directs a Vehicle to Stop?

Bob Farb

Jeff Welty wrote a post in 2010 on when a seizure occurs after an officer operates emergency lights to order a driver to stop his or her vehicle. This post […]

November 3, 2010

Reasonable Suspicion Arising After An Officer’s Order to Stop

Jeff Welty

Normally, a law enforcement officer will attempt to develop reasonable suspicion before instructing a person to stop. But what if the officer does not have reasonable suspicion at that point, […]

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State v. Eagle: Blue Lights and Impeded Egress Equal a Fourth Amendment Seizure

State v. Turnage and Determining When a Defendant is Seized

When Does a Seizure Occur When an Officer’s Vehicle Displays Emergency Lights That Directs a Vehicle to Stop?

Reasonable Suspicion Arising After An Officer’s Order to Stop

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