517 U.S. 806 (1996) Cited 8,590 times 38 Legal Analyses
Holding that, upon observing traffic violation, officer may stop vehicle regardless of his subjective motivations, "as long as the circumstances, viewed objectively, justify that action"
556 U.S. 332 (2009) Cited 3,880 times 41 Legal Analyses
Holding that a search incident to a lawful arrest is one conducted "as long as the administrative processes incident to the arrest and custody have not been completed."
525 U.S. 113 (1998) Cited 864 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that when an officer cited a driver for speeding, the need to find evidence did not justify a search of a car because the officer had already obtained all the evidence necessary to prosecute the offense and no more evidence would be found in the car
In People v Landy (59 N.Y.2d 369), this Court rejected defendant's claim that his pro se summation — with counsel present throughout — was a basis for reversal, unanimously holding that the trial court "sufficiently complied with the rules requiring that it inquire of the defendant and obtain defendant's knowing and intelligent waiver of the assistance of counsel" (id., at 377).
Describing factors providing objectively reasonable basis for frisk of defendant, including connection between narcotics trade and weapons, visible nervousness in dealing with police officers, and evidence confirming his connection to narcotics trafficking under investigation