{"id":62564,"date":"2025-12-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62564"},"modified":"2025-12-25T16:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T21:21:50","slug":"d-minn-no-duty-for-officer-to-resolve-traffic-stop-questions-before-safety-concerns-resolved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62564","title":{"rendered":"D.Minn.: No duty for officer to resolve traffic stop questions before safety concerns resolved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cAll of these questions lasted fewer than thirty seconds&#8211;they did not \u2018measurably extend\u2019 the stop. Johnson, 555 U.S. at 333. Ali cites no law that suggests that officers must address the traffic infraction before they may ask questions related to safety concerns.\u201d United States v. Ali, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 265623 (D. Minn. Dec. 24, 2025).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The affidavit for warrant supported the search for a cell phone that was used to illuminate sexual contact and thus likely record it. There was no Franks violation to have a hearing over. United States v. Blackwell, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 264032 (E.D. Mo. Oct. 24, 2025).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDefendant&#8217;s claim that the search warrant lacks probable cause is also meritless. The Affidavit meticulously details the events preceding the co-conspirators&#8217; arrests on January 27, 2023. \u2026 Special Agent Oltman&#8217;s opinions and conclusions may properly be considered as a factor in the totality of the circumstances for evaluating whether there is probable cause to support a search warrant.\u201d United States v. Hudson, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 264026 (N.D. Ga. Nov. 14, 2025),* adopted, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 262361 (N.D. Ga. Dec. 19, 2025).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAll of these questions lasted fewer than thirty seconds&#8211;they did not \u2018measurably extend\u2019 the stop. Johnson, 555 U.S. at 333. Ali cites no law that suggests that officers must address the traffic infraction before they may ask questions related to &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62564\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[21,38,20,35,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-franks-doctrine","category-nexus","category-probable-cause","category-reasonable-suspicion","category-reasonableness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62564","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=62564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62565,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62564\/revisions\/62565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}