Officer Darisse's Faulty: A Proper Stop

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A Proper Stop On the morning of April 29, 2009 Officer Darisse was watching traffic pass by on Interstate 77 located in Dobson, North Carolina. Sometime after the Officer Darisse noticed a Ford Escort drive by and the driver of that vehicle “stiff and nervous” like the driver could be in trouble or causing trouble. Officer Darisse then decided to follow the vehicle and noticed it had a faulty break light. That is when Officer Darisse turned on his lights to pull the suspicious man over. The driver of the vehicle was Maynor Vasquez, he received a warning ticket for the faulty break light. The officer still had suspicion that something was not right and will consent from Vasquez he searched the vehicle and found a sandwich bag of cocaine. This …show more content…

It was reasonable because the officer had reasonable suspicion that there was something wrong with the driver. The officer followed his gut and whether people like it, the officers hunch was correct. Darisse stated that the driver looked “very stiff and nervous” and this is an accurate statement because the men had a sandwich bag of cocaine. Not only did the officer find cocaine in the vehicle, Officer Darisse asked both men permission before searching the vehicle and both men agreed. Because the men gave permission for Officer Darisse to search the vehicle their arrest was justified. If the stop had been reasonable and had not of been technically lawful, the seized evidence should be admissible. The definition of admissible is accepted or valid, especially as evidence in the court of law. Since Officer Darisse had reasonable supion to follow the vehicle and he asked Vasquez and Heien if he could search the vehicle. The men did not have to allow the officer to search the vehicle, but giving permission means any evidence found is justified in the court of law. If this stop had be reasonable the evidence should be admissible, and the two men should be find and have to face time for their …show more content…

“This is a felony crime with a prison sentence of 16 months to 3 years in addition to fines, which can go as high as $20,000 if convicted.” With a clean criminal record this punishment can vary in cost and time. In my option drugs is not worth the worry of getting caught. However, I believe that society should not ignore people suffering from a drug addiction. Society has a way of making people feel worse about their problems, and do not offer to help ones in need. Being an addict is difficult, and not having a support system can make it almost impossible to get

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