Legal Opinion
State v. Edgar
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided March 23, 2017No. 20150597-CAPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VOROS, Judge:
¶1 Michael John Edgar appeals his convictions for various drug offenses arising from a traffic stop. He contends that his trial counsel performed ineffectively in not challenging the length of his detention. Specifically, he argues that the officers on the scene unduly prolonged the traffic stop without reasonable suspicion that drugs were in the car — in effect slow-walking the business of the stop to buy time for a drug-sniffing dog to arrive. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
¶2 On March 15, 2014 police pulled Edgar over for a traffic violation at 7:35 p.m. and asked for his license,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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