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MA: Expired rental agreement permits a stop to be extended to check it out

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Officers had probable cause for defendant's stop based on officers' listening to telephone calls between him and the CI. United States v. Santiago-Pagan, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54202 (M.D. Pa. June 26, 2009).* "[E]ducated deductions and inferences, taken along with the suspicious financial transactions and the strange living and employment conditions observed by the agents, lead the Court to the find that the affidavits sufficiently link Zhu's residence and business to the possible harboring and employment of undocumented aliens." Thus, the ICE agent showed PC. United States v. Da Zhu, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109086 (S.D. Ga. April 30, 2008).* The fact that defendant's car rental agreement agreement had expired was cause to extend the stop to inquire of the rental company whether continued driving was permitted...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on July 01, 2009 (boomark / email).