United States v. Rodriguez, No. 13-1176 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to one count of possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. On appeal, defendant challenged the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence. The court concluded that the traffic stop was not unreasonably prolonged by a dog sniff where seven or eight minutes had passed from the time the officer issued a written warning until the dog indicated the presence of drugs. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress drugs seized from his car, as a brief seven- or eight-minute delay in deploying a drug dog was a de minimus intrusion on defendant's personal liberty and did not unreasonably prolong the traffic stop.
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