Joseph Leon Matthews v. Commonwealth of Virginia

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a stop was unlawfully extended when the police officer requested consent after issuing a warning for a dangling object
• holding that the “officers acted in good faith” in unconstitutionally delaying the completion of a pre-Rodriguez traffic stop
• explaining that the seizure of the appellant and search of his vehicle was “improper, unless [the officer]’s unrelated questions and conduct can be supported by independent reasonable suspicion or probable cause”
• explaining that the seizure of the appellant and search of his vehicle was “improper, unless [the officer]’s unrelated questions and conduct can be supported by independent reasonable suspicion or probable cause”
• rejecting the theory that a de minimus delay in order to pursue an investigation unrelated to the traffic stop is constitutional
• finding a suspect’s criminal history and appearance “consistent with a narcotics user” insufficient to establish reasonable suspicion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).