United States Eighth Circuit

A conviction for drug-related offenses is affirmed over a claim of erroneous admission of evidence where, even if a suspicionless seizure occurred during a period from the conclusion of a lawful traffic stop until officers unquestionably had probable cause, it was a de minimis intrusion that did not constitute an unreasonable seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/01/2006
• Published 08/01/2006

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew M. Robinson, argued, Robinson & Brandt, Cincinnati, OH, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Philip M. Koppe, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO (Jim Y. Lynn, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jefferson City, MO, Todd P. Graves, U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee.