The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. The police properly stopped the car in which defendant was riding after the driver committed traffic violations. Defendant argues that the recovery of the contraband at issue was the fruit of an unnecessarily prolonged traffic stop. That argument is without merit, because the police lawfully arrested the driver for unauthorized use of a vehicle. The driver admitted "knowing that he [did] not have the consent of the...
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