United States v. Garcia, No. 16-4523 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of the methamphetamine that an investigator found in defendant's luggage on an Amtrak train. The court held that the district court did not err in finding that the initial encounter with the investigator was consensual and did not constitute an unlawful seizure. Furthermore, the district court did not err in finding that defendant voluntarily consented to the search of his bag.
Court Description: Shepherd, Author, with Benton and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in finding that defendant engaged in a consensual encounter with the officer as he performed a search of defendant's train car; nor did the court err in finding defendant voluntarily consented to the search of his bag. Judge Kelly, dissenting.
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