United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's carjacking conviction is affirmed where 1) the police's choice to secure and tow defendant's vehicle was reasonable; 2) there was nothing unreasonable about a state officer inviting a federal law enforcement agency to assist given evidence of a significant federal crime; and 3) there was sufficient evidence of defendant's participation in the carjacking at issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/21/2010
• Published 01/21/2010

Judges

• KELLY, Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, BRISCOE, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Chris M. Stephens, Assistant U.S. Attorney, (and Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney and Wm. Lee Borden, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, on the brief) Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Donald A. Herring, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellant.