United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's convictions for drug-related offenses are vacated where the district court erred in denying a motion to suppress illegal drugs discovered in his minivan since, under the circumstances, a completed traffic stop did not evolve into a consensual encounter as far as defendant was concerned.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/15/2006
• Published 09/18/2006

Judges

• EBEL, Circuit Judge., Before TYMKOVICH, HOLLOWAY, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald G. Pretty, Cheyenne, WY, for Defendant-Appellant Antonio Guerrero-Espinoza., David A. Kubichek, Assistant United States Attorney (Matthew H. Mead, United States Attorney, with him on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellee United States of America.