United States Eleventh Circuit

A fourteen minute prolonged detention during traffic stop by law enforcement to wait for information about the criminal histories of the car's occupants is reasonable, and scope of the stop was not impermissibly enlarged when officer asked defendant whether he had any "firearms, guns, or narcotics" in the car.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/04/2001
• Published 01/05/2001

Judges

• HILL, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, HILL and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert E. Adler (Court-Appointed), Asst. Fed. Pub. Def., West Palm Beach, FL, Kathleen M. Williams (Court-Appointed), Miami, FL, Randee Jill Golder (Court-Appointed), Randee J. Golder, P.A., Boynton Beach, FL, for Defendants-Appellants., Phillip DiRosa, Evelio Yera, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.