The record doesn\u2019t show when defendant got his license and paperwork back from the officer before consent was sought, but it all appears that consent was sought when defendant and his passenger would not feel free to leave [or able to, because you can\u2019t drive off without your license and registration]. United States v. Guerra-Palomares, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171061 (D. Utah Oct. 16, 2017).<\/p>\n
Officers had reasonable suspicion for defendant\u2019s stop based on his matching the description of an armed robber, but not in every precise detail. Once stopped, defendant\u2019s claim he worked in the area didn\u2019t make sense to the officer who regularly worked that area. United States v. Wright<\/a>, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 20325 (11th Cir. Oct. 18, 2017).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The record doesn\u2019t show when defendant got his license and paperwork back from the officer before consent was sought, but it all appears that consent was sought when defendant and his passenger would not feel free to leave [or able … Continue reading