United States v. Holly, No. 19-3202 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress firearms and drugs after defendant conditionally pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the district court did not err in concluding that the officers had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant's vehicle. In this case, the district court credited the officers' account that they observed or inferred that defendant failed to stop at a stop sign over defendant's experts' recreation of the incident ostensibly showing that was not possible. The court concluded that this was not clearly erroneous, and the officers' testimony was no so incredible or inconsistent as to justify disturbing the district court's finding. Having accepted the district court's findings of fact, the court concluded that the officers had probable cause to believe defendant had committed a traffic violation.
Court Description: [Grasz, Author, with Colloton and Gruender, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in determining the arresting officers' testimony regarding a traffic infraction was more credible than defendant's evidence; given that finding, the court did not err in finding defendant's traffic offense gave the officers probable cause to conduct the traffic stop that led to the seizure of a firearm and drugs.
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