United States Ninth Circuit
US v. KING, 00-30113
A police officer's mistaken interpretation of a traffic law not yet interpreted by a court cannot support reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop even if the interpretation was reasonable.
Appellate Information
- Argued 02/08/2001
- Decided 03/28/2001
- Published 03/28/2001
Judges
- McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:, Before: RYMER, THOMAS, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Michael S. Taggart,Federal Public Defender's Office, Anchorage, Alaska, for the defendant-appellant., Kevin R. Feldis, Assistant United States Attorney, Anchorage, Alaska, for the plaintiff-appellee.