United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of defendants' motions to suppress in a prosecution for drug-related offenses are affirmed where: 1) an officer's stop of defendants' van was supported by probable cause; 2)the district court did not err in concluding that the encounter between an officer and defendants did not lose its consensual nature after the traffic stop had ended; and 3) the district court's finding that a defendant voluntarily consented to a search of the van was not clearly erroneous.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/04/2006
• Published 08/04/2006

Judges

• BOWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BOWMAN and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joel G. Lonowski, argued, Lincoln, NE, for appellant Robert Coney., John C. Vanderslice, argued, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Lincoln, NE, for appellant Marco Coney., Counsel did not present argument on behalf of Courtney Coney, but Gary R. Bryant-Wolf of Minneapolis, MN, submitted Courtney's brief.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy A. Svoboda, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., Omaha, NE, for appellee.