articulable factors in Texas

2002The evasive actions of appellant and Morin, when Sullivan did nothing to provoke evasion or flight except to call out to them to stop, together with the other articulable factors, created “reasonable suspicion” to allow a brief detention for further investigation.4 See id.

2002The evasive actions of appellant and Morin, when Sullivan did nothing to provoke evasion or flight except to call out to them to stop, together with the other articulable factors, created “reasonable suspicion” to allow a brief detention for further investigation. 4 See id.

2007The controlling determination is whether, based upon the specific articulable factors known to the officers cooperating in the detention, see Jennings , 958 S.W.2d at 933 , and evaluating the totality of the circumstances as an experienced law enforcement officer would have evaluated them as of the time appellant was stopped by Sullivan, a reasonably prudent man could have suspected that appellant may have been or was then engaged in criminal activity.

2002The controlling determination is whether, based upon the specific articulable factors known to the officers cooperating in the detention, see Jennings , 958 S.W.2d at 933 , and evaluating the totality of the circumstances as an experienced law enforcement officer would have evaluated them as of the time appellant was stopped by Sullivan, a reasonably prudent man could have suspected that appellant may have been or was then engaged in criminal activity.

2007We must rely on "commonsense judgments and inferences about human behavior," Wardlow, 528 U.S. at 125 , 120 S.Ct. 673 , and remember that we are dealing with "the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act." Gates, 462 U.S. at 232 , 103 S.Ct. 2317 (quoting Brinegar, 338 U.S. at 175 , 69 S.Ct. 1302 ).

2007We must rely on "commonsense judgments and inferences about human behavior," Wardlow, 528 U.S. at 125 , 120 S.Ct. 673 , and remember that we are dealing with "the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act." Gates, 462 U.S. at 232 , 103 S.Ct. 2317 (quoting Brinegar, 338 U.S. at 175 , 69 S.Ct. 1302 ).

2007We must rely on "commonsense judgments and inferences about human behavior," Wardlow, 528 U.S. at 125 , 120 S.Ct. 673 , and remember that we are dealing with "the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act." Gates, 462 U.S. at 232 , 103 S.Ct. 2317 (quoting Brinegar, 338 U.S. at 175 , 69 S.Ct. 1302 ).

2007We must rely on "commonsense judgments and inferences about human behavior," Wardlow, 528 U.S. at 125 , 120 S.Ct. 673 , and remember that we are dealing with "the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act." Gates, 462 U.S. at 232 , 103 S.Ct. 2317 (quoting Brinegar, 338 U.S. at 175 , 69 S.Ct. 1302 ).

1999The court of appeals found the stop reasonable based on the specific articulable factors that (1) the officer was responding to a reported crime (assault); (2) defendant’s vehicle was departing the area where the assault had been reported; (3) it was unusual for a group of juveniles to be located in the parking lot of an adult establishment so late at night; and (4) the officer recalled that some department detectives believed a rash of burglaries was attributable to Hispanic juveniles. 967 S.W.2d at 484 .

1999The court of appeals found the stop reasonable based on the specific articulable factors that (1) the officer was responding to a reported crime (assault); (2) defendant's vehicle was departing the area where the assault had been reported; (3) it was unusual for a group of juveniles to be located in the parking lot of an adult establishment so late at night; and (4) the officer recalled that some department detectives believed a rash of burglaries was attributable to Hispanic juveniles. 967 S.W.2d at 484 .