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Commonwealth v. Knight-Walker

APPEALED status graphic: Commonwealth v. Knight-Walker. 250267 Commonwealth v. Knight-Walker 04/16/2026 After a police officer stopped defendant on suspicion of driving on a suspended license, he inquired about the presence of drugs or weapons in the car. The questions took approximately twelve seconds. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals held that these questions impermissibly extended the traffic stop in violation of the Fourth Amendment and that, as a consequence, evidence seized following those questions must be suppressed. On this appeal, i…
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