State of New Hampshire v. Benjamin M. Mackenzie

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• continued detention of driver leading to plain view observation of illegal weapons was permissible while awaiting results of license and registration inquiry
• continued detention of driver leading to plain view observation of illegal weapons was permissible while awaiting results of license and registration inquiry
• observations made and events occurring during stop may lead to heightened suspicion justifying further inquiry
• officers’ motive for stopping vehicle is irrelevant, and all that need be shown is that they observed driver commit traffic violation
• officer's \efforts to confirm the validity of the defendant's driver's license and registration\ may permissibly extend length of traffic stop
• reasonable suspicion of drug or alcohol use permitted proportional detention, which led to discovery of plain-view contraband, which led to probable cause to arrest defendant and search vehicle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).