United States Eighth Circuit

In a prosecution for drug-related offenses, grant of a motion to suppress evidence seized after a search of defendant's car during a traffic stop is reversed where the traffic stop at issue was lawful and, even if it was not, defendant's voluntary consent to the search purged any arguable taint of the stop.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/26/2007
• Published 01/26/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lester Alan Paff, argued, U.S. Attorney's Office, Des Moines, IA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Aaron D. Hamrock, argued, McCarthy & Hamrock, West Des Moines, IA, for Appellee.