Supreme Court of Kansas· 9/7/2007

State v. Thompson

Citations

166 P.3d 1015
284 Kan. 763
2007 Kan. LEXIS 487

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concluding motorist encounter was consensual and not a seizure, even though emergency lights were activated, they were used as a safety measure and “not [as] a clear show of authority[]”
holding Kansas state courts are not required to follow decisions of federal circuit courts
noting numerous scholars’ cri- tiques that consent searches after routine traffic stops are inherently coercive
telling driver to have a nice day “was no unequivocal signal that he was free to go”
finding voluntary encounter where officer's conduct conveys to a reasonable person that he was free to refuse the officers' requests or otherwise terminate the encounter
finding voluntary encounter where officer's conduct conveys to a reasonable person that he was free to refuse the officers' requests or otherwise terminate the encounter

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Judges: Luckert, Beier, Johnson, Larson, Rosen

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