Court Opinion

ID: 9789904
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:43:46.831069+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:25.099138
License: Public Domain

MATTHEWS, Justice,
dissenting, in part.
I agree that in determining whether a seizure has taken place it is proper to ask whether the policeman has “conducted himself in a manner consistent with what would be viewed as nonoffensive contact if it occurred between two ordinary citizens .... ” The trial court made no finding on this point, and the parties did not focus on it in eliciting evidence. I would therefore include in the order of remand directions to the trial court to hold a supplemental evidentiary hearing and to make findings as to whether a seizure of Randy Robinson occurred, using the standard announced in today’s opinion.
In all other respects I agree with the majority opinion.