One Bad Brake Light Supports Stop

U.S. v. Brewer, 2008 WL 313438 (2/5/08) (unpub'd) - Reading the Utah statutes in conjunction with the federal statutes, the 10th holds the officer had reasonable suspicion to make a traffic stop of the defendant because one of the three rear lamps on the car was inoperative. Having two operational lamps was not enough to avoid a stop unless the car was older than 1985 when the car didn't have to have a separate brake lamp.