“Illegally stopped”?
Justice Clarence Thomas said for the court that the officer’s actions were not a flagrant violation of the law.
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This reminds me of a similar case. I think it was in NC and involved an inoperative taillight. As long as it’s an honest mistake, the arrest isn’t going to be thrown out.
“The discovery of that warrant broke the causal chain between the unconstitutional stop and the discovery of evidence by compelling Officer Fackrell to arrest Strieff. And, it is especially significant that there is no evidence that Officer Fackrell’s illegal stop reflected flagrantly unlawful police misconduct,” Justice Thomas wrote.
lovely
SCOTUS.
There was no new ground broken or new line crossed here. As an old and wise Public Defender once told me, “If you can limit yourself to one felony at a time, you probably won’t do much time.”