{"id":65180,"date":"2026-11-13T22:48:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T03:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65180"},"modified":"2026-11-13T22:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T03:48:43","slug":"in-officers-interpretation-of-traffic-law-wasnt-reasonable-so-stop-was-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65180","title":{"rendered":"IN: Officer&#8217;s interpretation of traffic law wasn&#8217;t reasonable so stop was void"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The officer\u2019s interpretation of the traffic law justifying his stop was just wrong, and it was not objectively reasonable under Heien. Therefore, the stop was void. <a href=\"https:\/\/public.courts.in.gov\/Decisions\/api\/Document\/Opinion?Id=m3kM7RKxtBK0dN9hjdShPwaWLsGb-Oca7sSRGueat-m0T6Hrj7c0WuYpWribXn0_0\">Lanier v. State<\/a>, 2026 Ind. LEXIS 719 (Nov. 10, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plaintiff\u2019s complaint that the Dept. of Taxation engaged in illegally using cameras and listening devices in 2015 was barred by limitations and for failure otherwise state a claim. Jabr v. Dep&#8217;t of Taxation, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 256918 (S.D. Ohio Nov. 9, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imposing an increased DWI penalty for a prior BAC refusal that violated the Fourth Amendment was barred. State v. Rossow, 2026 Wisc. App. LEXIS 1221 (Nov. 10, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nervousness, heaving chest breaths, failure to promptly stop in a high crime area, t-shirt pulled up too high was reasonable suspicion. Commonwealth v. Williams, 2026 PA Super 254 (Nov. 10, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The officer\u2019s interpretation of the traffic law justifying his stop was just wrong, and it was not objectively reasonable under Heien. Therefore, the stop was void. Lanier v. State, 2026 Ind. LEXIS 719 (Nov. 10, 2026). Plaintiff\u2019s complaint that the &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65180\">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":[45,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-45","category-reasonable-suspicion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65180","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=65180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65181,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65180\/revisions\/65181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}