Court Opinion

ID: 4966246
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-09-24 16:18:37.218882+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:16:11.204779
License: Public Domain

CONCURRING OPINION BY
STRASSBURGER, J.:
I join Judge Bender’s well-reasoned opinion.
I write separately to point out that the case law has developed into an Alice in Wonderland scenario, as judges attempt to determine if an individual is or is not free to leave.
When a police officer initiates an encounter, an individual as a practical matter never feels free to leave. The police officer has a weapon. The police officer’s testimony is almost always believed in court. No responsible person would walk away from an encounter with a police officer.
Lawyers, judges and law professors can debate the niceties as to whether an individual is legally free to leave, but the case law does not comport with reality.