Walk It Through: The Stop on the State Highway
Lights in the mirror, a license on a phone, and a question about the trunk.
Red and blue lights come on behind a sedan on a state highway.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A stop on a state highway for a moving violation that ends in a warning. A chemical test, a handgun in the car and a search on probable cause are walked through elsewhere or left to their pages.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.