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· 3/17/2022

Greg Abbott, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Texas State of Texas And Ken Paxton, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Texas v. La Joya Independent School District, Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, Hidalgo Independent School District, Brownsville Independent School District, Crowley Independent School District, Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District, Lasara Independent School District, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, DeSoto Independent Sch

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  • approving daytime stop of driver and citation for an inoperable headlight, in violation of G. L. c. 90, § 7
  • “the exit order was not predicated on suspicious movements or the visible presence of a weapon or possible contraband”
  • defendant driver produced no driver’s license, “did not provide an intelligible response to” officer’s request for his name, and gave conflicting answers regarding his age
  • expansion of scope of traffic stop \must be based on 'specific and articulable facts and the reasonable inferences which follow from such facts in light of the officer's experience\
  • issues arising from police use of dogs “have to be evaluated based on whether the privacy expectation in each of those settings is one society is willing to deem reasonable”
  • reasonable suspicion found where a driver was unable to produce valid identification, he and his passenger gave inconsistent statements regarding their identities and destination, and police officer had cause to place the driver under arrest

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