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3rd Circ. Upholds Conviction After Traffic Stop 'Small Talk'

By Elizabeth Daley ( August 19, 2025, 7:40 PM EDT) -- A man sentenced to 10 years in prison after police found guns and drugs in his car during a traffic stop can't have the evidence suppressed even though the police engaged him in small talk unrelated to the stop, the Third Circuit affirmed Tuesday, finding that the rapport-building conversation was warranted....

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