Court Opinion

ID: 9662824
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:19:05.064626+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:42.822958
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BAIRD, Judge,
concurring.
With all due respect to Judge Davis and his thorough and well written opinion, I can only concur in the remand of this cause to the Court of Appeals for further review under Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590, 95 S.Ct. 2254, 45 L.Ed.2d 416 (1975).
I find Part I. of the foregoing opinion wholly unnecessary to reach this result. In my opinion, there is no reason for this Court, in this cause, to discuss the propriety of the “pretext arrest” doctrine. I find that portion of the opinion to be only dicta, adding nothing to the jurisprudence of this state. However, I find Part II. to be a correct statement of the law and all that is necessary for this Court to remand this cause.
Accordingly, I concur in the result.