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Sims v. State

Citations

  • 98 S.W.3d 292
  • 2003 WL 139573

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  • officer and driver waited twenty minutes for canine unit to arrive to conduct canine sniff
  • all noting as an important reasonable-suspicion consideration officer testimony that the presence of multiple and/or strangely placed air fresheners indicates a desire of vehicle occupants to mask the odor of illegal drugs
  • “After making a stop for a traffic violation, an officer may rely on all of the facts ascertained during the course of his contact with a defendant to develop articulable facts that would justify a continued detention.”

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Judges: Sherry Radack

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