Rocky Top Traffic Lawyer, Tennessee

... [1] Officer Dolezal testified that he "initiate[d][his] emergency equipment to make the traffic stop, establishing that this subject had recklessly endangered his passenger and was also breaking the law." The driver of the Nissan did not stop after Officer Dolezal turned on his blue ...

... We granted this appeal to determine certified questions of law related to a search of a taped package found within a vehicle during a traffic stop. A majority of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court's denial of the defendant's motion to suppress. ...

... Officer Kilpatrick then testified that he asked a second officer who had arrived on the scene to complete the traffic citation forms. ... The statutory violation witnessed by the officer yielded probable cause that justified the traffic stop. ...