Extra five minutes to look at the exterior of a car during a traffic stop was not unreasonable

Defendant was stopped for a traffic offense, and extra five minutes taken to inspect the exterior of the car that ultimately had been altered plus being on a common drug route was reasonable suspicion, and it was not an unreasonable extra detention. United States v. Sanchez, 507 F.3d 877 (5th Cir. 2007).*

During a routine traffic stop, the officer developed reasonable suspicion from travel plans that did not make sense and defendant’s shaking hands, so he asked for and got a valid consent. Two minutes after his search started, a drug dog showed up. United States v. Vazquez, 253 Fed. Appx. 365 (5th Cir. 2007)* (unpublished).

Affidavit for search warrant: In this case “the affidavit arguably does not establish a sufficient basis to connect Hendon with either the drugs or the places to be searched and, therefore, could be found lacking to establish a sufficient basis for a finding of probable cause. Nevertheless, we need not address whether there was sufficient probable cause to justify the search of the apartment at 408 North Brazier Drive because the district court did not err in finding that the evidence seized was not subject to exclusion because of the good faith exception to the warrant requirement, as explained below.” Officer’s reliance on his findings that he believed were probable cause was not objective unreasonable. United States v. Hendon, 253 Fed. Appx. 809 (11th Cir. 2007).*