UNITED STATES v. COLE

No. 20-2105.

994 F.3d 844 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Janhoi COLE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Scott Simpson , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Daniel J. Hillis , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, Thomas W. Patton , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Rovner, Hamilton, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


In this appeal we deal with a pretextual traffic stop for purposes of drug interdiction. Even assuming that the stop was permissible at the outset, the record shows that the officer prolonged the stop by questioning the driver at length on subjects going well beyond the legal justification for the stop. Under Rodriguez...

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