D.Utah: Officer apparently still had DL when consent sought; motion to suppress granted

The record doesn’t show when defendant got his license and paperwork back from the officer before consent was sought, but it all appears that consent was sought when defendant and his passenger would not feel free to leave [or able to, because you can’t drive off without your license and registration]. United States v. Guerra-Palomares, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171061 (D. Utah Oct. 16, 2017).

Officers had reasonable suspicion for defendant’s stop based on his matching the description of an armed robber, but not in every precise detail. Once stopped, defendant’s claim he worked in the area didn’t make sense to the officer who regularly worked that area. United States v. Wright, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 20325 (11th Cir. Oct. 18, 2017).*

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