Legal Opinion
Winfield v. Trottier
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 6, 2013No. 11-4404-cvPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
Daniel Trottier (“Trottier”), a Vermont State Police officer, appeals from an order entered in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Reiss, /.), denying his motion for qualified immunity in a claim brought by motorist Marie Winfield (“Winfield”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Trottier violated her Fourth Amendment rights when, while searching her car with her consent during a traffic stop, he read a piece of her mail.
At issue is the scope of Winfield’s consent to the search of her car, which is determined by looking at what a…
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