United States v. Miller, No. 18-1507 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence from a traffic stop after he entered a conditional guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the officer reasonably believed that the vehicle violated the traffic laws and there was sufficient probable cause for the stop. Therefore, the traffic stop was constitutional and the district court properly denied the motion to suppress.
Court Description: Magnuson, Author, with Loken and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. The police officer who stopped defendant reasonably believed defendant violated Iowa traffic laws by stopping past a stop sign and by failing to timely signal a turn; these violations provided probable cause for a traffic stop.
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