Title: State v. Glover

State: kansas

Issuer: Kansas Supreme Court

Document:

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS 
 
No. 116,446 
 
STATE OF KANSAS, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
CHARLES GLOVER, 
Appellee. 
 
 
SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 
 
Consistent with Kansas v. Glover, 589 U.S. ___, 140 S. Ct. 1183, ___ L. Ed. 2d 
___ (2020), an investigative traffic stop made after running a vehicle's license plate and 
learning that the registered owner's driver's license has been revoked is reasonable under 
the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution if the officer lacks information 
negating an inference that the owner is driving the vehicle. Here, the stipulated facts 
reveal no information known by the deputy sufficient to rebut that reasonable inference.  
 
Review of the judgment of the Court of Appeals in 54 Kan. App. 2d 377, 400 P.3d 182 (2017). 
Appeal from Douglas District Court; PAULA B. MARTIN, judge. Opinion on remand filed June 12, 2020. 
Judgment of the Court of Appeals reversing the district court is affirmed. Judgment of the district court is 
reversed, and the case is remanded with directions. 
 
Andrew Bauch, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and John Grobmyer, legal intern, 
Charles E. Branson, district attorney, and Derek Schmidt, attorney general, were with him on the brief for 
appellant.  
 
Elbridge Griffy IV, of Lawrence, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee. 
 
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The opinion of the court was delivered by 
 
LUCKERT, C.J.:  This case is on remand from the United States Supreme Court for 
further proceedings not inconsistent with its opinion in Kansas v. Glover, 589 U.S. ___, 
140 S. Ct. 1183, ___ L. Ed. 2d ___ (2020).  
 
The factual and procedural details of the case are fully set out in our opinion in 
State v. Glover, 308 Kan. 590, 422 P.3d 64 (2018), and will not be restated here. We 
affirmed the district court's ruling granting Charles Glover's motion to suppress evidence 
obtained during a traffic stop. The district court determined the officer lacked reasonable 
suspicion of illegal activity when he stopped the truck, making the seizure a violation of 
Glover's rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Court 
of Appeals reversed. State v. Glover, 54 Kan. App. 2d 377, 400 P.3d 182 (2017). We 
agreed with the district court and reversed the Court of Appeals.  
 
The State filed a writ of certiorari, which the United States Supreme Court 
granted. It then held an investigative traffic stop made after running a vehicle's license 
plate and learning that the registered owner's driver's license has been revoked is 
reasonable under the Fourth Amendment if the officer lacks information negating an 
inference that the owner is driving the vehicle. 140 S. Ct. at 1187-91. The Court also held 
the stipulated facts revealed no information known by the deputy sufficient to rebut the 
reasonable inference that Glover drove the truck. 140 S. Ct. at 1191. The Court reversed 
and remanded our judgment in Kansas v. Glover.  
 
As a result, this case is again before us. In accordance with the decision of the 
United States Supreme Court, we vacate our judgment reversing the Court of Appeals. 
and affirming the district court. We remand to the district court for further proceedings 
consistent with this opinion.  
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The judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed. The judgment of the district 
court is reversed, and the case is remanded to the district court with directions.