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· 10/24/2002

United States v. Ramstad

Citations

  • 308 F.3d 1139
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 22191
  • 2002 WL 31390650

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding Kansas trooper was empowered, under K.S.A. 8-138a, to stop vehicle displaying only one California license plate in apparent violation of California law requiring the display of both front and back license plates
  • requiring probable cause or reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop based on a readily observed traffic violation
  • officer asked if there were drugs, contraband, or anything illegal in the vehicle and if he could take a “quick look around” the vehicle; court held the defendant’s unqualified consent gave the officer permission to search in the vehicle’s speakers

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Judges: Baldock, Ebel, Kelly

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