United States Eighth Circuit

Grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence in a prosecution for drug-related offenses is reversed where: 1) an officer's request for identification and registration, and his brief retention of those documents, did not constitute a seizure; and, 2) although a subsequent interaction did constitute a seizure, at that point the officer had reasonable suspicion of illegal activity sufficient to justify an investigative detention.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/18/2006
• Published 09/18/2006

Judges

• COLLOTON, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, MELLOY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John James Ware, argued, Assistant U.S. Attorney, St. Louis, Missouri (Catherine L. Hanaway and Sam C. Bertolet, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Dwyer, argued, Assistant Federal Public Defender, St. Louis, Missouri, for appellee.