State v. Gonzalez

No. 119,212 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. LUIS SAUL GONZALEZ, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A routine traffic stop is a seizure under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2. Traffic stops cannot be measurably extended beyond the time necessary to process the infraction that prompted the stop unless there is a reasonable suspicion of or probable cause to believe there is other criminal activity, or consent. 3. The analysis of the voluntariness of an encounter must encompass the totality of the circumstances. In that…