United States v. Concepcion Marie Ledesma

McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.

This is the latest in a series of cases confronting this Court concerning traffic stops based on problems with temporary registration tags. We hold that displaying a temporary tag behind a heavily tinted rear window violates a Kansas statute requiring that licence plates appear “in a place and position to be clearly visible.” See Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-133. State troopers therefore did not exceed the permissible scope of their traffic stop by issuing a citation and requesting consent for a subsequent search. We affirm the decision of the district court.

I. Factual…