United States v. Jose Leon Barahona

How courts have described this case

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• observing that it is well established that a traffic violation — however minor— creates probable cause for a vehicle stop
• holding that for detention to be reasonable, officer’s questions must relate to purpose of stop, but “if the responses of the detainee and the circumstances give rise to suspicions unrelated to the traffic offense, an officer may broaden his inquiry and satisfy those suspicions”
• observing that it is well established that a traffic violation–however minor–creates probable cause for a vehicle stop
• questioning a driver stopped for “drifting” and changing lanes without signaling about destination and purpose within scope of stop
• questioning a driver stopped for \drifting\ and changing lanes without signaling about destination and purpose within scope of stop
• asking driver about destination was \reasonably related to ascertaining the reasons for [the driver's] erratic driving and whether he posed a danger to others on the road\

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