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No Evidence of Lack of Permit Means Stop Violates Fourth Amendment

By Jonathan Byrne

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US v. Feliciana:Feliciana was driving a bakery delivery truck down the George Washington Memorial Parkway (in Virginia, but a federal enclave) when he was pulled over by a Park Police officer. His offense? The officer knew that commercial vehicles requires a permit to operate on the parkway and Feliciana?s truck appeared to be one. Once stopped, the officer found marijuana on Feliciana, who was charged with possession and operating a vehicle without a permit. The district court denied Feliciana?s motion to suppress and he entered a conditional guilty plea (to the marijuana charge, only). The Fourth Circuit reversed the district court?s denial of the motion to suppress. The court noted that the ?entire factual basis . . . offered for conducting the traffic stop was that he saw a vehicle requiring a permit on the Parkway,? but that was ?wholly innocent...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Circuit Blog on October 14, 2020 (boomark / email).