Is a traffic stop permissible if the officer has probable cause to believe the driver committed a traffic violation?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bonaccorso, 114 N.Y.S.3d 823 (Table), 63 Misc.3d 1223 (A) (N.Y. Cty. Ct. 2019):
A traffic stop is constitutionally permissible if the officer has probable cause to believe the driver committed a traffic violation ( People v. Guthrie , 25 NY3d 130 [2015] ). The relevant inquiry is not the officer's good faith belief that the defendant violated the Vehicle and Traffic Law, but rather, whether his belief that a traffic violation had occurred was "objectively reasonable" (People v. Gurthrie at 134).
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