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STATE v. MORRIS

No. 20090835.

259 P.3d 116 (2011)

2011 UT 40

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Petitioner, v. Vance MORRIS, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Shurtleff , Att'y Gen., Jeffrey S. Gray , Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, Walter J. Bird , Monticello, for plaintiff.

Ronald J. Yengich , Elizabeth Hunt , Salt Lake City, for defendant.

On Certiorari to the Utah Court of Appeals

Justice NEHRING, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 This appeal concerns the constitutionality of a police officer's actions during a traffic stop. Specifically, we consider what an officer must do when he stops a driver based on an objectively reasonable belief that a traffic violation has occurred, but before approaching the driver the officer learns he was mistaken about the grounds for the...

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