United States v. Concepcion Marie Ledesma

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• holding that having a small amount of luggage, when the defendant said he was going on a long trip, was suspicious
• concluding that multiple officers arrived at the scene after the defendant consented to a vehicle search
• holding that a similar Kansas statute requires legibility of 10 Appellate Case: 22-4081 Document: 010111002488 Date Filed: 02/20/2024 Page: 11 license plates for vehicles driven in Kansas even when licensed in another state
• noting that we have recognized that extraordinary and prolonged nervousness can weigh significantly in support of probable cause
• noting, in assessing whether consent to search was given in connection with a consensual law enforcement-citizen encounter, that “[t]he request was phrased as a question”
• “[Ojfficers need not expressly inform suspects that they are free to go before requesting permission to conduct a search.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).