Court Opinion

ID: 9763515
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 02:48:21.065588+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:45.492754
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MeCORMICK, Presiding Judge,
dissenting.
I dissent because the majority opinion misapplies the “totality of the circumstances” test by individually examining in a vacuum each factor upon which Butler relied to temporarily detain appellant. Maj. Op. at-. These factors, when taken together, justified appellant’s temporary detention in order for Butler to investigate an anticipated breach of the peace which was the situation in Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). In addition, appellant’s walking away, when considered with the other factors, is a circumstance justifying his temporary detention; this case does not present a situtation where the only reason Butler detained appellant was because appellant walked away when Butler attempted to question him. (Emphasis Added). I would affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals; because the majority does not, I dissent.
WHITE and MEYERS, JJ., join this dissent.