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People v. Ortiz

Citations

  • 738 N.E.2d 1011
  • 250 Ill. Dec. 542
  • 317 Ill. App. 3d 212
  • 2000 Ill. App. LEXIS 855

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating, without citation, that “[w]hen a police officer is engaged in a minor traffic stop, he may briefly detain the driver to request a valid driver’s license”
  • if no further reasonable suspicion exists, stop should end and defendant should no longer be detained
  • if no further reasonable suspicion exists, stop should end and defendant should no longer be detained
  • parties agreed that stopping a defendant for speeding, which the officer determined after employing the pace method, is constitutionally reasonable
  • police officer engaged in minor traffic stop may briefly detain driver to request driver’s license
  • “Even when there may be an innocent explanation for each individual factor considered separately, the factors viewed in combination may constitute enough reasonable suspicion to warrant further detention.”

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Judges: Carman, Cook

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