United States v. Collins, No. 17-2246 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence discovered during a search following a warrantless car stop. In this case, defendant pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm as a previously convicted felon. The court held that, given all of the circumstances, the officers had reasonable suspicion that defendant was engaged in criminal activity. In this case, defendant entered a garage officers knew as a drug site at 4:30 a.m. when the drug dealer under surveillance was likely at the location. Therefore, the stop of defendant's vehicle was constitutionally valid. The court declined to reach defendant's argument that the officers did not have reasonable suspicion to stop his vehicle because he did not fail to yield to the patrol vehicle when its lights were activated.
Court Description: Per Curiam - Before Colloton and Gruender, Circuit Judges, and Reade, District Judge] Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence discovered during a search following a warrantless car stop; all of the circumstances known to officers, including that defendant entered a garage officers knew as a drug site at 4:30 a.m. when the drug dealer under surveillance was likely at the location, gave the officers reasonable suspicion that he was engaged in criminal activity and made the traffic stop constitutionally valid.
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