My colleagues and I traversed the state last week speaking at fall conferences for various associations. One conference staple is the criminal law case update. I created a criminal law quiz for one such session, and I thought readers might want to try their hand at answering ten criminal law questions recently addressed by the appellate courts. So, here is your quiz: A person calls 911 to report that a small green car, tag number 12345, being driven on Interstate I-40 had nearly run a few vehicles off the road. The caller states that the car ended up in an area known as Sleepy Hollow, hit a car there, and was attempting to leave the scene. An officer travels to Sleepy Hollow, where she sees a car matching this description, backing out of a parking lot. May she immediately stop the vehicle? a. Yes b. No An officer sees the defendant, whom he has cited before for driving while license revoked and for an open container violation, sitting on a front porch drinking a beer at 9 p.m. At 10:30 p.m., the officer sees the defendant purchase a beer from the drink cooler in a nearby gas station and drive away. The officer follows the defendant for two or three blocks and pulls her over. Is this stop supported by reasonable suspicion? a. Yes b. No While standing outside his patrol car, an officer sees a vehicle come down the road and hears the words “mother fucker” [...]
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