OPINION OF THE COURT
ACOSTA, J.
The issue in this case is whether the nervousness of occupants of a car stopped for a traffic infraction gives rise to a founded suspicion of criminality such that an officer's question regarding the presence of weapons in the vehicle was permissible under the common-law right of inquiry. We hold that it does not.
On September 19, 2007, uniformed officers Cleri, Manning and Payton pulled over defendant's Honda because...
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