United States Tenth Circuit
US v. Sawyer, 05-5002
An order granting a motion to suppress evidence in a prosecution involving a stolen motorcycle ring is reversed where, under the circumstances, officers' state law violation, with no evidence of coercion, did not rise to the level of a federal constitutional violation.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/21/2006
- Published 03/21/2006
Judges
- HERRERA, District Judge., Before PORFILIO and EBEL, Circuit Judges, and HERRERA, District Judge.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Richard A. Friedman, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D.C. (David C. O'Meilia, United States Attorney, and Leena Alam, Assistant United States Attorney, with him on the briefs, Tulsa, Oklahoma) for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Stanley D. Monroe, Tulsa, OK, for Defendant-Appellee.