Opinion ID: 2571572
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Heading: Valid Seizure

Text: Police are entitled to conduct an investigatory stop of a motorist if they have reasonable suspicion that the motorist has committed a traffic violation. People v. Ramos, 13 P.3d 295 (Colo. 2000); People v. Altman, 938 P.2d 142, 145 (Colo. 1997). Here, the officer testified that the defendant was parked in the middle of the street and that her vehicle was impeding traffic. The trial court acknowledged that the officer had probable cause to cite the defendant for impeding traffic. The record supports the reasonable conclusion that the defendant may have been committing a traffic offense when the officer undertook the investigatory stop. [4] Thus, the investigatory stop of the defendant was valid and there is no illegal seizure of the defendant.