# Laime v. State

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · December 6, 2001 · 347 Ark. 142

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9691598

## Case

- **Full name:** David LAIME and Jeanna Dodd v. STATE of Arkansas
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** December 6, 2001
- **Citations:** 347 Ark. 142; 60 S.W.3d 464; 2001 Ark. LEXIS 663
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Thornton
- **Judges:** Robert L. Brown
- **Cited by:** 71 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that under a totality-of-the-circumstances review, the officer legitimately entertained a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity but noting that mere nervousness, standing alone, was not sufficient to constitute reasonable suspicion of criminal activity and grounds …
- noting that because as much as 80% of all currency in circulation contains drug residue, a dog alert "is of little value"
- holding officers must possess reasonable suspicion “at the time” of a seizure
- holding that mere nervousness, standing alone, does not constitute reasonable suspicion of criminal activity and grounds for detention
- holding after-acquired knowledge by officer irrelevant; “only what the police officer knew at the time of [the stop]” may be considered

## Opinion text

THORNTON, J., dissents. I dissent on the basis of the analysis provided in the Arkansas Court of Appeals’ decision of Laime v. State, 73 Ark. App. 377 , 43 S.W.3d 216 (2001).

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