United States v. Williams, IV, No. 12-4374 (4th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his conviction of a firearm offense, contending that the evidence discovered during a traffic stop should have been suppressed at trial because the traffic offense for which he was cited - leaving a vehicle standing such that it obstructs traffic - did not apply to the road on which he had stopped his car. The court rejected this argument, concluding that closely related traffic law barred the conduct for which defendant was cited. The court rejected defendant's argument challenging the exclusion of prior police misconduct where the district court's decision to exclude the evidence was neither arbitrary nor irrational. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
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