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TN: Anonymous driver's signals about defendant were not reasonable suspicion

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

“[A] law enforcement officer signaled by an anonymous citizen-driver in a manner obviously intended to invite the officer's intervention as to a third party--but without any indication as to the nature of the citizen's concern or any other information--does not have reasonable suspicion adequate to stop and seize the third party.” Blue lights are a stop. State v. Day, 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 615 (September 22, 2008).* Officer must have reasonable suspicion before he turns on the blue lights of the patrol car. State v. Davidson, 2008 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 737 (September 10, 2008).*

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on September 28, 2008 (boomark / email).