Opinion ID: 3035323
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Heading: “Rapid Turn”

Text: Officer Boehmer testified that the “rapid turn” onto Las Vegas Boulevard from Hoover Avenue was “more excessive UNITED STATES v. WILLIS 16565 than it should have been,” and that he believed this turn violated the traffic laws. Officer Boehmer elaborated in an exchange with the magistrate judge: Q: What do you mean that the turn is more exces- sive than it should have been? A: Well, the speed is more excessive than I’d say operating speed would be. Q: All right. What is the traffic code violation? A: I don’t know, Your Honor. Q: No citation was issued in this case? A: No. Q: Do you have any idea what — I mean, is there — this was in the city of Las Vegas and would have been under the — either the state’s — A: It would have been — it would have been a municipal traffic code. Yes, Your Honor. Q: Okay. And you don’t know what the traffic code would be? A: No, Your Honor. I don’t really write too many tickets. Q: Okay. A: I just mostly do criminal investigations.