United States v. Geoffrey Gaffney

I disagree an objectively reasonable officer would have had a sufficient basis to stop Gaffney’s car for speeding. Consequently, I would reverse the district court’s denial of Gaffney’s motion to suppress, vacate his conviction, and remand for further proceedings. I therefore respectfully dissent from Section II.A. of the majority’s opinion and would not reach Section II.B.

“[T]he underlying command of the Fourth Amendment is always that searches and seizures must be reasonable .... ” Wilson v. Arkansas, 514 U.S. 927, 931, 115 S.Ct. 1914, 131 L.Ed.2d 976 (1995) (internal quotation marks…