United States Eighth Circuit

District court erred in suppressing package seized following an investigatory request from a commercial mail receiving agency; the officer's observations and his knowledge concerning common characteristics of drug packages provided a reasonable and articulable suspicion to detain the package and subject it to a dog's sniff.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/30/2004
• Published 03/30/2004

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, LAY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Carrie A. Costantin, AUSA, of St. Louis, MO.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Douglas P. Roller, of Clayton, MO.