Kansas Supreme Court rejects rationale for pulling over motorist, searching vehicle

Kansas Supreme Court Justice Dan Biles, shown here in 2022, supported the unanimous decision to reverse drug convictions of an Illinois motorist pulled over in Geary County because a license plate bracket concealed part of the state name on the tag. The state's highest court says a law enforcement officer can't claim reasonable suspicion a violation of law was occurring simply because a license plate was difficult to read. Photo Credit: THAD ALLTON / KANSAS REFLECTOR
By Tim Carpenter Kansas Reflector The Kansas Supreme Court reversed the drug-trafficking conviction of an Illinois-tagged motorist linked to evidence seized from a vehicle stopped…

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