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· 10/13/2017

Thomas Milton Buchanan, Jr., A/K/A Milton Buchanan v. State

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding nine-minute traffic stop where officers diligently pursued investigation to quickly confirm or dispel their suspicions
  • upholding nine-minute traffic stop where officers diligently pursued investigation to quickly confirm or dispel their suspicions
  • “We ‘pay special deference to the district court’s factual determinations going to witness credibility.’” (quoting United States v. Jiau, 734 F.3d 147, 151 (2d Cir. 2013))
  • attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance is a “serious drug offense”
  • attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance is a “serious drug offense”
  • where officers “observed . . . unusual circumstances [that] . . . caused them to suspect that the vehicle may have been stolen,” they had “reasonable suspicion” not only to perform but to “extend[]” a “traffic stop”

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