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Eighth Circuit· 5/14/2008

United States v. Peralez

Citations

  • 526 F.3d 1115
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 10358
  • 2008 WL 2038805

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that blended questioning prolonged a stop where the officer interpersed routine and off-topic questions for thirteen minutes after telling the driver he would receive a warning
  • recognizing that “if the officer develops reasonable suspicion that other criminal activity is afoot, the officer may expand the scope of the encounter to address that suspicion”
  • holding stop was delayed because of trooper’s questions, “not because of anything related to the investigation or processing of the traffic violation”
  • explaining that a law enforcement officer “who observes a violation of the law has probable cause to initiate a traffic stop, and such a stop comports with the Fourth Amendment”
  • explaining that a law enforcement officer “who observes a violation of the law has probable cause to initiate a traffic stop, and such a stop comports with the Fourth Amendment”
  • explaining that a law enforcement officer “who observes a violation of the law has probable cause to initiate a traffic stop, and such a stop comports with the Fourth Amendment”

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Judges: Bye, Gibson, Melloy

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Cites

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