United States Fourth Circuit

Conviction and sentence for drug- and firearm-related offenses is affirmed where: 1) there was no question that the police were allowed to detain defendant after witnessing him commit a traffic violation; and 2) during this detention the police formed a "reasonable suspicion" of ongoing criminal activity that justified extension of the traffic stop; and 3) defendant's other claims were without merit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/20/2008
• Published 08/20/2008

Judges

• Before WILKINSON and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and Henry F. FLOYD, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Kenneth Wendell Ravenell, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.  Andrea L. Smith, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Jonathan G. Cooper, Law Clerk, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.