United States v. Vaughan, No. 11-4863 (4th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant filed a motion to suppress evidence of cocaine and subsequently pled guilty to drug charges. Defendant was driving a rental car with a passenger in Virginia when police pulled him over for speeding. Based on the passenger's apparent nervousness and the presence of four cellular phones in the center console, and on defendant's and the passenger's conflicting explanations of their travels, the officer called a drug-detection dog. The dog arrived 13 minutes after the initiation of the traffic stop and a resulting search revealed 830.6 grams of cocaine. The court held that the officer had reasonable suspicion and the delay and search of the vehicle were reasonable. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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