PADOVANO, J.
The issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying a motion to suppress evidence seized from the defendant's car in the course of an investigative detention. We conclude that the police officers exceeded the scope of the detention, and therefore we reverse. Assuming the detention was initially justified by a reasonable suspicion, the search of the defendant's car took place after the purpose of the detention had been achieved. Because...
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