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The Court of Appeal recently shut down a Santa Clara conviction based on police misconduct and suspicious tactics. In Ayon, the Court ruled that “Because the traffic violation is [was] the purpose of the stop, the stop may last no longer than is necessary to effectuate th[at] purpose. [T]he tolerable duration of police inquiries in the traffic-stop context is determined by the seizure’s mission—to address the traffic violation that warranted the stop, and attend to related safety concerns. A police stop exceeding the time needed to handle the matter for which the stop was made violates the Constitution’s shield against unreasonable seizures.” The Court ruled that forcing Mr. Ayon to wait, under the false justification of a blinker violation, in order to bring the drug-sniffing dog illegally prolonged the detention.