Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Supreme Court rules traffic stop OK even if police mistaken about the law

Supreme Court rules traffic stop OK even if police mistaken about the law


Police can use evidence seized during a traffic stop even if it turns out the officers initially pulled a car over based on a misunderstanding of the law, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 8-1 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts said that such a stop does not violate the Constitution's protection against unreasonable searches. The ruling came in a North Carolina case in which a police officer pulled over Nicholas Heien's car because the...

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