A motorist’s brief crossing of a fog line on Interstate 70 was enough to justify a traffic stop that led to his conviction for possession of a controlled substance, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled. In a 5-2 ruling on ...

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Where an officer saw a driver cross the fog line and drive on the shoulder, the officer had probable cause to stop the vehicle, and the stop did not constitute an unreasonable seizure, so the trial court did not err ...

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Where a defendant challenged the denial of his motion to suppress evidence in a felon-in-possession case, any mistake of law made by the arresting officer was objectively reasonable, so the traffic stop was lawful, and the judgment is affirmed. Judgment ...

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Plaintiff appealed the summary judgment dismissal of his §1983 claims against various law enforcement officers arising from a traffic stop of plaintiff. Where it was not clearly established law at the time of plaintiff’s stop that it was unconstitutional for ...

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Where the district court granted a defendant’s motion to suppress evidence found inside a car during a traffic stop based on its finding that the defendant was detained without reasonable suspicion before an unlawful pretextual inventory search, the defendant was ...

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Where a defendant challenged the partial denial of his motion to suppress evidence discovered during a traffic stop, his arrest and a subsequent search of his hotel room and car, the arrest at the traffic stop was not supported by ...

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Where defendants challenged their drug and gun convictions following a traffic stop, the traffic stop was supported by probable cause, and the judgment is affirmed because the evidence of uncharged conduct was admissible as intrinsic to the charged offense, and ...

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  Where a trucking company asserted it was the owner of two boxes of cash found in the cab of a tractor-trailer truck during a traffic stop, the statement that it was the owner of the currency and that it ...

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Where an officer reasonably believed that defendant violated traffic laws when he stopped his vehicle past a stop sign, and because the district court found in the alternative that the vehicle’s failure to use turn signals was an independent basis ...

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Where an officer testified in a drug case that he pulled the defendant over to address a traffic violation and to address suspicious activity observed recently at a convenience store, either basis provided a proper foundation for the traffic stop, ...

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Where the state challenged a trial court order granting defendant driver’s motion to suppress in a DWI case, the judgment is reversed and remanded because the driver failed to signal in a manner required by statute, so the traffic stop ...

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