State v. Damm

How courts have described this case

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

• scope, duration of seizure must be strictly tied to and justified by circumstances that made its initiation proper
• “Upon the hearing of a motion to suppress evidence, the State bears the burden of proving to the trial court the lawfulness of the search and seizure.”
• improper to extend routine traffic stop to run warrant check on passengers absent reasonable suspicion that there were outstanding warrants on them
• after citation written, driver could not be detained while records of passengers checked
• Kansas Supreme Court holds that the police may not run a warrants check on a driver who was stopped for defective tail lights absent a reasonable suspicion that there were outstanding warrants for the driver
• Kansas Supreme Court holds that the police may not run a warrants check on a driver who was stopped for defective tail lights absent a reasonable suspicion that there were outstanding warrants for the driver

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