Tenth Circuit· 7/11/1994

United States v. Patrick Nolan McSwain

Citations

29 F.3d 558
1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 16991
1994 WL 325382

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holding that once “the purpose of the stop was satisfied,” an officer’s continued detention of the driver “exceeded the scope of the stop’s underlying justification”
concluding that the officer’s violation was flagrant when he continued irrelevant questioning after determining that the driver committed no traffic violation
holding that consent was not voluntary when obtained ‘only a few minutes’ after the illegal seizure
holding that traffic stop should’ve ended when any reasonable suspicion of traffic infraction dissipated
holding that reasonable suspicion of license-plate violation was 8 Appellate Case: 23-6186 Document: 110-1 Date Filed: 09/30/2025 Page: 9 “completely dispelled” when officer approached vehicle and saw that there was no such violation
holding that an officer violated the Fourth Amendment because the reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation regarding a temporary registration sticker completely dissipated when the officer approached the car and determined the sticker was valid

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Judges: Tacha, McKay, Ciremt, Shadur

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