Court Opinion

ID: 9697654
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:24:19.806701+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:33.986461
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*597DAVID T. PROSSER, J.
¶ 9. (concurring). The State moved this court to summarily reverse the decision of the court of appeals. The majority asserts that it is granting the State's motion. Nonetheless, the court's per curiam opinion entails a substantive discussion of law that extends the principles in Delaware v. Prouse, 440 U.S. 648 (1979), to temporary license plates.
¶ 10. The court makes this substantive decision without oral argument and without the articulation of an opposing view. The decision may be correct, but it puts law enforcement officers in a more difficult position when they deal with vehicles with temporary plates than vehicles with permanent plates because officers are seldom able to run computerized checks on temporary license plates. This distinction is important because temporary plates frequently turn out to be invalid.
¶ 11. Upon receipt of the State's motion, I voted to grant it, assuming that this court would be sending the case back for an evidentiary hearing without an opinion. My concurrence here represents a vote for that action.