STATE v. STEELE

No. COA20-171.

858 S.E.2d 325 (2021)

2021-NCCOA-148

STATE of North Carolina v. Jody Raye STEELE, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed April 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Joshua H. Stein , by Assistant Attorney General Nora F. Sullivan , for the State.

The Robinson Law Firm, P.A., Greenville, by Leslie S. Robinson , for the Defendant.


¶ 1 The issue in this case is whether a driver is "seized" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment when he is tailed by a marked police cruiser down empty streets at 3 a.m., followed into an empty parking lot, and then hailed down by the officer's hand gestures. Because we conclude that no reasonable person would believe...

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