AJ 014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Methamphetamine, United States Constitution, Terry Stop

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Administration of Justice (AJ)
• Course: AJ 014
• Professor: ahle

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Officers may not extend the length of a traffic stop to conduct a dog sniff unrelated to the original purpose of the stop. Rodriguez v. united states, 575 u. s. ___ (2015) Facts: d was stopped by a police officer on a highway near nebraska after the officer observed him swerve out of his lane of traffic. [11] cop approached the vehicle, he reported an overwhelming scent of air- fresheners emanating from the car. [12] after questioning rodriguez and another passenger in the car, the officer placed a call for backup and conducted a records check on the vehicle"s passenger. [13] the officer handed a warning ticket to rodriguez, and then proceeded to walk floyd, his drug detection dog, around the outside of rodriguez"s vehicle. When the dog indicated the presence of drugs, the officer searched the car and discovered methamphetamine inside the vehicle.