{"id":54664,"date":"2023-04-06T10:48:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=54664"},"modified":"2023-04-06T10:48:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:48:43","slug":"tx6-defs-multiple-lies-during-traffic-stop-was-rs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=54664","title":{"rendered":"TX6: Def’s multiple lies during traffic stop was RS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All of defendant\u2019s lies during a traffic stop added up to reasonable suspicion. \u201cDuring the investigation of the initial traffic stop and Dixon’s lack of a driver’s license, Dixon lied about coming from Angie B’s, a nightclub known for high crime and drug trafficking. \u2018If a false answer to a particular question would suggest a suspect’s involvement in criminal activity, then a possibly false answer can help to establish reasonable suspicion.\u2019 \u2026 Smith also testified that Dixon (1) did not want to make eye contact, (2) was argumentative, (3) believed there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest, (4) had an arrest for a prior drug offense, (5) was driving a vehicle that was not registered to him, and (6) lied about his criminal history. See id. at 308 (\u2018a prior criminal record” and “[d]eception regarding one’s own criminal record [have] also been recognized as \u2026 factor[s] that can contribute to reasonable suspicion\u2019).\u201d Dixon v. State<\/a>, 2023 Tex. App. LEXIS 2192 (Tex. App. \u2013 Texarkana Apr. 5, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a search for drugs, it was reasonable for officers to search in places such as safes, back packs, and underneath a bed since that\u2019s where drugs could be stored or hidden. State v. Brado, 2023-Ohio-1119 (7th Dist. Mar. 30, 2023).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All of defendant\u2019s lies during a traffic stop added up to reasonable suspicion. \u201cDuring the investigation of the initial traffic stop and Dixon’s lack of a driver’s license, Dixon lied about coming from Angie B’s, a nightclub known for high … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reasonable-suspicion","category-scope-of-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54665,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54664\/revisions\/54665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}