Gregory Presley, Petitioner v. State of Florida, Respondent

Summary

The Court approved the First District's decision and held that officers may detain vehicle passengers as a matter of course for the reasonable duration of a lawful traffic stop without violating the Fourth Amendment. The detention remains limited by the stop's mission and may not continue after traffic-related tasks are completed absent reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. Applying that rule, the Court concluded that the stop's extension was reasonable because a belligerent passenger's attempted departure required officers to secure the scene and await backup. Pariente, J., concurring, agreed with the result but would not have announced a bright-line rule and expressed concern about unrelated questioning of passengers.