{"id":63081,"date":"2026-02-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63081"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:59:56","slug":"ca10-inconsistency-in-travel-plans-isnt-rs-per-se-officer-has-to-see-that-theyre-lying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63081","title":{"rendered":"CA10: Inconsistency in travel plans isn&#8217;t RS per se; officer has to see that they&#8217;re lying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inconsistency in travel plans alone isn\u2019t reasonable suspicion to extend a vehicle stop. The officer has to conclude that one of the occupants was lying about plans. \u201cA trooper can reasonably suspect criminal activity when a driver and passenger lie about their travel plans. \u2026 But arguable inconsistencies may sometimes be innocent: A person might mishear a trooper&#8217;s question, might think the travel plans are none of the trooper&#8217;s business, might misremember details of a trip, or might be confused. See United States v. Santos, 403 F.3d 1120, 1131-32 (10th Cir. 2005) (discussing innocent explanations for inconsistencies in travel plans). When an inconsistency indisputably shows that the driver or passenger is lying, a trooper&#8217;s suspicion may be reasonable. United States v. Wallace, 429 F.3d 969, 976 (10th Cir. 2005).\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca10.uscourts.gov\/sites\/ca10\/files\/opinions\/010111381266.pdf\">United States v. Robbins<\/a>, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 3621 (10th Cir. Feb. 5, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A revocation petition\u2019s affirmation of the truth of what was pled satisfied the Fourth Amendment. United States v. Jimenez, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22486 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 3, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant\u2019s post-conviction petition over his alleged illegal search was years out of time. State v. Davis, 2026 Del. Super. LEXIS 54 (Feb. 1, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inconsistency in travel plans alone isn\u2019t reasonable suspicion to extend a vehicle stop. The officer has to conclude that one of the occupants was lying about plans. \u201cA trooper can reasonably suspect criminal activity when a driver and passenger lie &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63081\">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":[91,35,129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neutral-and-detached-magistrate","category-reasonable-suspicion","category-waiver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63081","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=63081"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63083,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63081\/revisions\/63083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}