United States Sixth Circuit

In a prosecution of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm, district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress the shotgun found in his vehicle during a traffic stop is affirmed as an officer's questions about weapons or illegal drugs did not render the traffic stop an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/03/2010
• Decided 04/06/2010
• Published 04/06/2010

Judges

• Before: BOGGS and NORRIS, Circuit Judges; and ADAMS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:C. Douglas Thoresen, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Blanche Bong Cook, Assistant United States Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:C. Douglas Thoresen, Michael C. Holley, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Kelly D. Young, Assistant United States Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.