State v. Aderholdt

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a traffic violation gives an officer probable cause to stop a motorist
• holding a reasonable investigation allowed law enforcement to view the driver’s license and registration along with requesting the driver to sit in the patrol car after stopping the vehicle for seatbelt violations by the driver and passenger
• stating an officer may conduct an investigation “reasonably related in scope to the circumstances which justified the interference in the first place”
• finding reasonable suspicion based on window tint existed even where windows were transparent enough for officer to see the driver
• stating the defendants’ detention for approximately fifty minutes while the trooper summoned a drug dog and tow truck did not exceed the reasonable scope of the initial stop
• explaining detainee’s responses may raise suspicions allowing officers to broaden their inquiries

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).