CA5: Traffic safety checkpoint was scantly justified, but still reasonable

A Mississippi traffic safety checkpoint was reasonable on the totality because every car was stopped, even though the programmatic purpose of the checkpoint was scant. Reasonable suspicion developed that the occupants of the vehicle were being trafficked. United States v. Burgos-Coronado, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 26266 (5th Cir. Aug. 18, 2020).

Even if defense counsel didn’t object to alleged consent, the search was valid by inevitable discovery. Thompson v. United States, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 26265 (11th Cir. Aug. 19, 2020).*

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