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together, one could run a warrant check on
the driver in the squad car, while the other
could remain at the car and ask the driver
about anything—the driver’s immigration
status, whether there were any drugs in the
car, or whether the driver had been drinking
alcohol. In theory, the officer remaining at the
car could even perform a dog sniff of the car,
provided that the sniff could be completed in
the time it took the officer in the squad car
to complete the “ordinary inquiries.”
But Rodriguez still places an important
limit on the length of any traffic stop. The
stop must be tied to the length of time
sia Winston and Octavio Duran, Project
Officers; and Oliver Khan and Nick Stan-
diford, Co-Editors of the YLS Section of
the Record. Our directors this bar year are:
Mark Abellera, Tracy Brammeier, Alexis
Douglas, James Gay, Svetlana Gitman,
Nick Holland, Yana Karnaukhov, Lindsay
Margolis, Jeff Moskowitz, and Thomas
Reynolds. Our Special Project Coordina-
tors this bar year are: Tom Cramer, Alison
Field, Danielle Genter, Mike Gentithes,
Carolyn Howard, Peter McNamara, Alex
Perraud, Goli Rahimi, John Risvold, and
Andrew Stevens. We also have a great group
of young lawyers serving as Committee
Chairs and Legislative Liaisons for the YLS’
now 28 committees.
Given the accomplished attorneys on
our Executive Council and the passion
and dedication of the YLS’ members,
the 2016-2017 bar year is sure to be a
success!
YLS Chair
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required to complete the mission of the traffic
stop, including the completion of any “ordi-
nary inquiries.” Any delay beyond that time
will result in the traffic stop being unlawful.
Conclusion
Of course, what constitutes a reasonable
amount of time to complete the “ordinary
inquiries” is still open to interpretation.
Practitioners should be mindful that,
even though the police may be ostensibly
performing an “ordinary inquiry” such as
checking a driver’s registration, an argu-
ment could still be made that the police
took longer than necessary in order to
complete that inquiry. That is because, as
the Court recognized in Rodriguez, officers
may only take the time “necessary to”
effectuate the purpose of the traffic stop,
which includes the “ordinary inquiries”
sanctioned in Rodriguez and Cummings
II. While Cummings II has freed police to
undertake “ordinary inquiries” incident
to traffic stops even when a driver has not
been pulled over for a traffic violation, how
long such inquiries may take remains an
open question.
Carson Griffis serves as a law clerk to Justice
DavidW. Ellis at the Illinois Appellate Court.