State v. Menezes

How courts have described this case

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

• noting the absence of evidence that the arresting officer unreasonably detained the defendant passenger in the course of issuing the driver a citation
• assessing the probable cause to search the vehicle based on the totality of the circumstances at the time of the stop, including the conflicting answers given by the defendant
• “When the arresting officer observed a traffic violation, he was authorized to initiate a traffic stop.”
• \Observation of what reasonably appear to be furtive gestures is a factor which may properly be taken into account in determining whether probable cause exists.\ (quotation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).