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· 5/27/2004

United States v. Margarito Gomez Serena, Jr., Also Known as Margarito Rodriguez Serena

Citations

  • 368 F.3d 1037
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 10430
  • 2004 WL 1172701

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the expansion or extension of stop may be permissible if supported by developing or expanding level of suspicion
  • defendant who conceded officer had probable cause to conduct traffic stop failed to show officer stopped him solely on account of race
  • officer properly expanded traffic stop into investigative stop unrelated to traffic offense when driver had no driver’s license and driver’s alleged name did not match license tag in car window or her tattoo

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Judges: Arnold, Hansen, Morris, Sheppard, Smith

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