Does a police motor vehicle stop need to be a pretextual stop?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Perez, 37 F.3d 510 (9th Cir. 1994):

ER at 9. See United States v. Lillard, 929 F.2d 500, 502 (9th Cir.1991) (stop was not pretextual where officer observed car driving erratically); United States v. Smith, 799 F.2d 704, 709 (11th Cir.1986) (stop was not pretextual where officer observed car weaving in and out of its lane).

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