First Circuit· 2/6/1998

United States v. Sowers

Citations

136 F.3d 24
1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 1622
1998 WL 39562

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holding that post-stop behavior such as the inability to confirm identity, excessive nervousness and conflicting stories provided adequate justification to prolong stop
holding it was not an impermissible de facto arrest to detain driver while officer talked to passenger
noting that “Terry sanctions a brief detention of an individual to confirm or allay a police officer’s reasonable suspicions” and approving officer’s separate questioning of driver and passenger of car during 30 minute stop that eventually led to discovery of contraband
approving increasingly intrusive unrelated questions after suspicions escalated during a traffic stop
police are permitted to continue to pursue their mounting suspicions gleaned during the brief investigatory stop
passenger's lack of identification papers, nervousness of driver and passenger, and fact that driver and passenger told conflicting stories sufficient to prolong their detention

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Judges: Selya, Coffin, Shadur

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